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John Goering

John Goering

Mathematics: Studying God's Greatness

Why study math? This document presents concepts students may not have contemplated. Math points us to the greatness of our Creator. Studying arithmetic, geometry, algebra, and calculus can help us to more deeply appreciate the...

Optical Isomers: Chemistry's Right Hand and Left

An understanding of optical isomers helps us to better appreciate the amazing work of the Creator. This article is designed for high school chemistry students who have a basic knowledge of elementary organic chemistry. The...

New Testament Survey Exercises

These 63 sets of exercises are designed for a New Testament survey course that uses the Bible as the textbook. The first 30 lessons focus on the Gospels. The rest of the New Testament is surveyed in the last 33 lessons. Due to...

Special Triangles

This enrichment activity looks at three special types of triangles with side lengths that are all whole numbers. One type of triangle has a 60° angle. Another type has a 120° angle. For the third type of triangle, the area is...

2-D and 3-D Congruence

We were designed to perceive a 3-D world and cannot always trust our perception regarding the congruence of 2-D objects. Geometry students might not believe you if you tell them that parallelogram A is congruent to parallelogram...

Matrix Multiplication and Pythagorean Triples

This enrichment activity uses matrix multiplication to generate primitive Pythagorean triples. Any primitive Pythagorean triple other than can be produced from by using no more than the three matrices listed in this activity.

You Can Build an Electrophorus: A Simple Apparatus for Experimenting with Electricity

This device is called an electrophorus. That name was coined by Mr. Volta many years ago. It consists of some very simple equipment. You have a styrofoam plate, and you rub the styrofoam plate with something such as a wool sock;...

Electrophorus Lab

Mr. Goering demonstrates the procedure. In this study guide, students experiment with an aluminum pie pan, a foam plate, a foam cup, and a straw. The document includes steps for reproducing the experiment and questions to assist...

Expand Geometric Thinking with Elsys

Elsys uses commands in L-systems to draw geometric designs. L-systems enable us to use relatively few commands to produce complex shapes. To learn more about L-systems, select one of the options in the "Extra" menu. To see the...

Computer-Assisted Geometric Experiments

Wingeom is a powerful tool for creating geometrical diagrams. The user can make a diagram and then quickly see what happens as points are moved. Wingeom makes it easy to measure lengths, angles, and areas. Wingeom can locate...

Electron Configuration

The electron configurations of atoms display an orderly pattern. However, there are exceptions to the pattern. If we carefully study the exceptions, then we see orderly patterns even with the exceptions.

Wide and Compact Periodic Tables

Here are two views of the periodic table of the elements.

Noble Gases in the Bible?

Although the noble gases are not specifically listed in the Bible, the names of a number of them are found in the Greek New Testament.

Study Guide for Daniel 11:2-35

The precise fulfillment of the Bible should encourage us to trust God. The first two pages of this document provide historical information pertaining to many of the events predicted in Da 11:2-35. The third page contains...

Special Pythagorean Triples

This Pythagorean triples activity can be an enrichment exercise for Geometry students.

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