Those are some attractive MFers

Best put by Stamatis, "We did not expect to see this." Todd's idea of the MFers is very interesting. Especially seeing that it evolved from a simple task like energy theatre, and that Todd is a geology and space teacher with no background in physics.

MFers Energy Theatre

[Todd gets the attention of the classroom.]
Todd: So these ropes represent places in space. This rope (bottom left) is next to the magnet with nothing in it except for these MFers. Uhh... This (middle rope with Leslie) is the magnet and ball B together. That's what Leslie is, she's the magnet and ball B.
MA: Then what's the rope?
Todd: That's where she is.
MA: Okay.
Bruce: (off screen) So wait. Leslie represents the magnet and ball B?
Todd: Yes.
Bruce: Okay.
Leslie: We now represent objects.
Todd: Yes, and Stamatis (top right circle) is ball C and this is the space he is in. Okay, and I'm going to be the ball A, and all of these people are also things. They are magnetic forces, MFers. And they're very, very small, tiny MFers-
Akbar: Okay.
Todd: -that you can't even see and that we don't know exist for sure.
[MA says something to Akbar--not audible.]
Todd: And their movement causes a magnetic force. So their energy is the magnetic force.
[Todd gets the MFers to begin moving in an elliptical motion.]
MA: Is this the field that we're seeing happening?
Todd: Yes.
MA: Ahhh, okay.
Todd: I'm ball A and they're just going to keep moving.
MA: So are they like gravitons?
Todd: Yeah. And they never stop moving, and as far as we know they don't ever slow down... or speed up.
MA: They just go the amount they go.
Leslie: And the reason you say that is because the magnet doesn't get any weaker or stronger because you came by, the ball.
Todd: Right. So somebody placed me here and I start to get pulled in.
Akbar: Like a vortex.
Todd: And I get faster and faster and __[not audible]___ till I slam into this magnet.
Akbar: Sling-shot.
Todd: And kinetic wave energy is then vibrating through and passed over as.... kinetic energy to ball C and then goes out.
MA: And what happened to you Leslie? What are your roles -on your paper-?
Leslie: This one is thermal and sound.


As the teachers talk about these MFers, gravitons are brought up. The teachers do not fully understand gravitons. They do not know what they look like, how they act, or how they are made, but the teachers know that when dealing with gravity they are the things that grab onto objects and pull them into a center point. And the teachers use this knowledge to better understand Todd's ideas of the MFers. They are things that grab onto magnetic objects and pull them towards a magnet.
And a very good analogy that Sam used was, "It's like a scholarship that is set for only a certain race and gender. When non magnetic things come by they just don't get the scholarship money." If nothing else, Sam contributing to class is note worthy.

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