Adrienne, I haven't seen any references to those topics either - at any grade level. Have you checked in the math education research or in geography (in ...
Here are a few articles on time and student understanding that I am aware of. Hope it helps, Rachel Conceptions of geological time among primary teacher...
Rachel Connolly
connolly@...
Jul 1, 2005 9:11 pm
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Adrienne, Here are some more references: - Thomas, Paul F. (1983). Earth-Sun relationships: Latitude, Longitude and Time No journal provided though, you can...
Erik Brogt
ebrogt@...
Jul 1, 2005 9:43 pm
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Hi All, Following is the announcement of Andrew Fraknoi being named recipient of the National 2005 Innovations of the Year Award from The League for Innovation...
Congratulations Andy! Sounds very interesting. Can I see the syllabus? Can I see the exams?? Neil Basescu, Associate Professor of physics and astronomy ...
Andy Please let me add my sentiments, also! Is there some place we can go to see the course materials, etc....or where the publications are? This might make it...
Dear Astrolrner Readers, As part of an ongoing study into undergraduate students' understanding of the properties of stars, I am developing a concept inventory...
... No research has been done with these topics because they are almost always omitted from the introductory course. That's really sad because time is one...
... Exotica is in the mind of the beholder :) I would say that the analemma is pretty out there. In my class, I spend more time empahsizing what it means to...
Robert A. Knop Jr.
robert.a.knop@...
Jul 14, 2005 6:44 pm
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Hi, Quite a number of years ago the globe manufacturers stopped making globes with the analemma. The reason advanced was that no one knew how to use it. I am...
Trapp, Dale
dtrapp@...
Jul 14, 2005 8:50 pm
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Joe, Let's see the lesson. Neil Basescu Sleepy Hollow, NY ... From: Joe To: astrolrner@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 1:26 AM Subject:...
... It currently doesn't exist as a single entity, but you're welcome to the slideshow I recently put together. I've culled some things from various S&T...
Hi Everyone, Thanks so much for the great response to my request for reviewers! At this point I think I have plenty of people looking at my concept inventory....
Hi folks. Over time, this list has waxed, waned, changed, and, most importantly, GROWN considerably. You might be curious that there are 316 folks on this...
Dear Astrolrner Readers, My dissertation work is on non-science majors' understanding of the nature of light and spectroscopy within the context of ...
I'm looking for examples of logical fallacies in scientific (or pseudoscientific, as the case may be) writing, preferably related to astronomy. I want to...
I think a classic example would be the argument that aliens must exist (and be probing me) because you can't prove they don't exist (Argument from Ignorance) ...
The Teacher Leaders in Research Based Science Education 2006 (TLRBSE) Program at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory is Accepting Applications Now! Ever...
Stephen Downes' site may be of some help (http://www.intrepidsoftware.com/fallacy/toc.php). He has several examples, not all scientific, but still a great...
I am interested in learning (and teaching) an explanation for why the Earth experiences a tidal bulge on the side farthest from the Moon. I have read many...
Sarah Wigodsky
Sarah_Wigodsky@...
Sep 21, 2005 4:43 pm
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Hi sarah I have some great slides that you can use too explain the bulge on the far side. In fact there's a great animation with the Freedman and Kaufmann ...
the Earth and Moon are revolving aroud a common center of mass. Centrifugal force throws the water out....
Dennis Erickson
derickson@...
Sep 21, 2005 5:03 pm
1070
... Just regarding the tides themselves, it doesn't matter that the Earth and the Moon orbit a common center of mass-- but it is true that they do that. The...
Robert A. Knop Jr.
robert.a.knop@...
Sep 21, 2005 5:42 pm
1071
... Except there is no such thing as a "centrifugal force".(*) Tides would exist REGARDLESS of whether the moon rotated around the earth or just stood still....
The way I understand this explanation is that since the Earth is a rigid object, the gravitational attraction between the Earth and Moon acts on the...
Ok-- The water wants to go in a straight line(inertia) & the earth goes around the CG....
Dennis Erickson
derickson@...
Sep 21, 2005 6:41 pm
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... BOTH the water and the earth want to go in a straight line. If you want to state that the Earth, as a solid has less ability to flow, that's one thing,...
... Not really -- everything wants to go in a straight line, but the force of gravity moves it. Unless you are talking GR, in which case everything follows a...
Robert A. Knop Jr.
robert.a.knop@...
Sep 21, 2005 8:19 pm
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All of this discussion about the cause of tides has made me ponder why we're trying to teach this to our students if we, as the instructors, can't even agree...
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