The math student waited until the sun was going down, then she took out her protractor, plumb line, measuring tape,and scratch pad, measured the length of the shadow, found the angle the buildings roof made from the ground, and used trignometry to figure out the height of the building. Of course, with all that was involved in getting this experiment done, they were up plenty late studing for other courses' exams. These two students bumped into the engineering student the next day, who looked quite refreshed. The following beguiling ideas about science quoted here were gleaned from students' essays, exams, and class room discussions. One horsepower is the amount of energy it takes to drag a horse 500 feet in one second.
Thunder is a rich source of loudness.
You can listen to thunder after lightening and tell how close you came to getting hit. If you don't hear it you got hit, so never mind. When they broke open molecules, they found they were only stuffed with atoms. But when they broke open atoms, they found them stuffed with explosions. When people run around and around in circles we say they are crazy.