This page is for the one day version of the Cratering lab which is used for Cheng's summer SMART outreach program.

==== Main Differences From Intro Lab Version ====

  * It is a 1 day, 3 hour lab for the summer SMART program.
  * Omit everything related to fitting and Chi-Sq.

==== Outline ====

  - Motivation : Describe cratering and pose question of how would you estimate the yield of a nuclear bomb, or the energy of an asteroid that made a crater on earth or the moon?
  - Scientific Process :
    - Develop a specific and testable question to explore.
    - Use theory or build a model to describe how you expect the system to behave.  Understand your underlying assumptions.
    - Design an experiment to test the model.
    - Conduct your experiment.
    - Evaluate how well your data do, or do not, match your model.
    - Use your model to predict something beyond the range you tested.
    - Test your prediction.
    - Use your model to estimate energies for the Sedan crater and the one that killed the dinosaurs.

==== Examples of Scaling Laws ====

  * Metabolic Rate as a function of Body Weight. From the mass of a mouse to the mass of an elephant span 6 orders of magnitude.  Corresponding metabolic rates cover about 4 orders of magnitude.
  * Average Life Span vs Mass.  
  * Brain Mass vs Body Mass.
  * Aerodynamics.  Wind tunnel tests.
  * Financial Markets.