Harald Eizgcdfm

As a recent B.Ed graduate, I found micro teaching incredibly valuable! We'd focus on one teaching skill at a time - like using the blackboard, asking questions, introducing a lesson, or giving examples. The process typically involves:

1. Plan a short lesson focusing on one skill
2. Teach to a small group of peers
3. Receive feedback from peers and supervisor
4. Replan incorporating the feedback
5. Reteach the same content
6. Receive additional feedback

It feels awkward at first teaching to just 5-6 people, but it's so much less intimidating than a full classroom. This cycle really helps build confidence and refine your teaching style before your actual practice teaching in schools.

Oh, I've battled this foaming oil situation many times! Here are my tried-and-tested tips:

• Dry your chicken thoroughly - pat it completely dry with paper towels before frying. Water is the enemy!
• Maintain proper oil temperature - too low and the chicken releases more moisture into the oil
• Don't overcrowd the pan - fry in batches to prevent temperature drops
• Use fresh oil - old oil that's been used multiple times foams more
• Add a small piece of tamarind or bread to the oil - this somehow reduces foaming (grandma's trick that actually works!)

The foaming is usually caused by moisture, proteins, or impurities in the oil, so focusing on moisture control makes the biggest difference.

This is actually a trickier question than it seems! While Venus comes closest to Earth at its nearest approach, if you calculate the average distance over time, Mercury is actually closest to Earth most of the time! Here's why:

• Venus gets within about 38 million km at closest approach
• But it also swings far away - up to 261 million km
• Mercury never gets as close (about 77 million km minimum)
• But it never goes farther than 222 million km either

When you average the distances over time, Mercury comes out as our closest planetary neighbor. This counterintuitive fact was published in Physics Today in 2019 - it's all about orbital dynamics and how we measure "closest!"