2021 CDB scholar – Institute for Educational Advancement Connecting bright minds; nurturing intellectual and personal growth Fri, 10 May 2024 19:57:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ieafavicon-e1711393443795-150x150.png 2021 CDB scholar – Institute for Educational Advancement 32 32 Virtual Learning Lab: Japanese History, Lecture 1, Early and Feudal Japan /blog-virtual-learning-lab-japanese-history-lecture-1-early-and-feudal-japan/ /blog-virtual-learning-lab-japanese-history-lecture-1-early-and-feudal-japan/#respond Fri, 07 Aug 2020 00:17:56 +0000 https://ieadev.wpengine.com/blog-virtual-learning-lab-japanese-history-lecture-1-early-and-feudal-japan/ This series of videos, presented by Umar Ahmed Badami (CDB 2021 and CEO of Brilliants, a tutoring organization dedicated to helping underrepresented minorities) will discuss the history and cultural evolution of Japan, from ancient times through the present. In Lesson 1, we鈥檒l discuss the geography of Japan, its place in human evolution, and the origins of Japanese religion, art, and the samurai!

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Materials Needed:聽Pencil and Paper, Graph Paper (optional)

Link to Lesson 2: Math Time:聽

Link to Lesson 1: Introduction to Special Relativity:聽

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In Lesson 2, we鈥檒l discuss spacetime diagrams, the derivation of Lorentz transformations, and investigate some cool consequences of using them both together.

Link to Lesson 1:

Link to full Lorentz transformation derivations:

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