"Run the simulation again, Berta."
The curve flattens and shifts right. The area under the tail beyond the line has grown dramatically—not just a little, but exponentially. maxwell boltzmann distribution pogil
"That's not fair!" complains Arnie. "They should all move at the same speed. That's orderly. That's fair." "Run the simulation again, Berta
Professor Mya’s whispered question to the group: “What fraction of spores have zero speed?” "Run the simulation again
Dina calculates. "The total area under the tail… it's nearly ten times larger. But the temperature only went up by 10%!"
The Parable of the Speedy Spores