Hello Group, I am new to the group and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Ken Archer and I live on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. I recently retired from...
Our high school recently added a course with 1/4 of the year on astronomy. I would like to purchase two pairs of binoculars (they could be used for the...
... What do you hope to do with the telescope? If what you want to do is give the students a taste of looking through the telescope-- look at the moon, see the...
Robert A. Knop Jr.
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Oct 6, 2005 4:36 pm
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Hi Everyone, This is my first posting to the group, and I'd like to mention that I have enjoyed reading the discussion on tides. I fall into the category of...
Noella: Do you mean what it would look like if you were far above the Earth's surface and looking back at the Earth---what sort of shadow would you see hitting...
Jason: One thing I did in my high school was to buy a Coronado PST solar telescope. That way it was possible to observe during school hours, in relative safety...
Nick, Yes, I'm wondering what the shadow would look like from quite some distance from the Earth. I was expecting that there would be no black umbral spot. But...
Noella: Well the pictures show you what it would look like. How black the penumbra gets depends on close the Moon is to us at totality. The two pictures show ...
I don't understand that picture. The path of totality couldn't be over 2000km wide. I thought it was only 10 or 20 miles wide, unless it falls very near the...
This is my first semester using a newly installed classroom response system, in which the students purchase a remote unit which allows real-time answers to...
Hi Jason, If you want to buy used equipment the best place is on Astromart. http://www.astromart.com most of the users have ratings so you can be sure you will...
What you have observed is quite probably a case where the students have misunderstood a major part of the material. I have seen cases where the correct answer,...
Mariam Dittman
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Oct 17, 2005 8:12 pm
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Gina Brissenden wrote ... That sounds right, thanks for the feedback. ... Which makes a lot of sense and I'm not sure why I didn't think of it myself! Stephen...
... as I had ... It is true that not all questions are created equally--and we don't have to write all of our own questions. Two good resources (but still be...
I do highly recommend the Celestron Ultima 7 x 50 binocular, lightweight, very good optics and good value. A good article in August 2002 Astronomy Magazine,...
To go along with each pair of binoculars, I would recommend also purchasing an L- bracket mount and a light- to medium-weight camera tripod. Mounting the...
Completely agree on the 8" telescope. We have a fleet of both Celestrons and Meades for our classes here. We use the Celestrons on equatorial mounts for our...
Special Discount Offer on COSMOS IN THE CLASSROOM 2004: Resources for Teaching Introductory Astronomy Regular Price: $39.95 - Now Only: $29.95 Special Sale...
I'll suggest a different approach to telescopes. We bought a class set of Newtonians (4" Astroscans and 8" Orion Dobsonians) because they are inexpensive...
Joann Eisberg
joann.eisberg@...
Oct 25, 2005 4:53 pm
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Another choice for equipment for a high school class would be a 8 to 10 in Dobsonian. I taught high school level astronomy for 20 years (that makes me feel...
Another choice for equipment for a high school class would be a 8 to 10 in Dobsonian. I taught high school level astronomy for 20 years (that makes me feel...
The physics education research group at my university is putting together a proposal to buy books for a group reference library, and I have a chance to add...
Sure, astronomy textbooks are a necessity in the classroom, but if I recall from my days in college, they are long on theory and short on application. What if...
Some other items possibly worth considering for the library might be: COSMOS IN THE CLASSROOM 2001 - Fraknoi (ASP) Peer Instruction: Astronomy - Green...
Phil Plait's 'Bad Astronomy'! ... Ken Brandt, M. Ed. Director of the Robeson Planetarium and Science Center, Lumberton Astronomy Lecturer, Department of...
... _Teaching Introductory Physics_ by Arnold Arons is essential. Everything in the book (really three books in one) is applicable to astronomy. There are even...
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