Hello!!! Those are great news!!! Here at the University of PUerto Rico physics department we have adapted most of the hands on astronomy experiences for all...
To Wanda Diaz: I will have a blind student taking my Introductory Astronomy course this semester. What tactile and/or sound resources have you found most...
Falk, David J.
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Feb 1, 2006 9:38 pm
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Dear Astolrner@CAE member, As your humble moderator, I've asked John Keller (jkeller@...) to post a response to the issue of Inclusion because of...
Hello David, I wanted to mention a project I have worked on here at the University of Arizona involving an "auditory display" of Mars data. Working with the ...
John Keller
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Feb 1, 2006 11:25 pm
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Hi, John: Many thanks for your suggestions! I will check out the link you provided. Incidentally, we sponsored two "Teaching Introductory Astronomy" workshops ...
Falk, David J.
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Feb 2, 2006 2:43 pm
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Hello!!! The materials used will depend on the previous knowledge of the student. Also take into consideration if the student has lost the eye sight earlie...
A major update of the Searchable Annotated Bibliography of (astronomy) Education Research, also known as SABER, has just been finished. While not all journals...
Dave Bruning
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Feb 6, 2006 9:26 pm
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Thank you, Dave, on behalf of our community for your continued efforts in keeping SABER a useful resource. I encourage all of us to help keep it current so...
Greetings, The Adler Planetrium Educators need to replace their collection of hard, smooth styrofoam balls for Moon Phases demonstrations...can anyone point us...
Lindsay M. Clark
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Feb 10, 2006 4:41 pm
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We recently ordered some polystyrene balls from Molecular Model Enterprises, 116 Swift Street, PO Box 250, Edgerton, WI, 53534, 608-884-9877. I could not find...
I need to order some books for our library and would like recommendations, including upper level books in celestial mechanics and gravity. I'll also order some...
Lindsay: A cheap source is your local arts&crafts store. That is where I got the styrofoam balls I use for demonstrating the Moon phases. -- Nick Strobel ...
If you don't have it yet, I would highly recommend "Introduction to Modern Astrophysics" by Carroll and Ostlie. It covers the basics of pretty much everything...
Joseph Masiero
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Feb 10, 2006 10:48 pm
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I agree with Connie. I have been using them because the smooth ball gives a clearer shadow than a Styrofoam ball. They have a convenient indentation for...
... A good upper level undergraduate book on General Relatvity is "Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity" by Hartle. Sparke & Gallagher's...
Robert A. Knop Jr.
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Feb 10, 2006 11:18 pm
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I recently ordered from Plasteel Corporation, and am quite happy with the products. http://www.plasteelcorp.com/craftweb.htm Edna DeVore SETI Institute...
Edna DeVore
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Feb 11, 2006 12:42 am
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Hi: Perhaps you might consider Barbara Ryden's Cosmology textbook, as well as Kartunnen et al Fundamental Astronomy. Aaron Titus <titus@...> wrote: I...
... Kartunnen et al Fundamental Astronomy. ... I second both of these. The Kartunnen (pub. by Springer Verlag) came out in ~1987 when I was an undergrad. I was...
A New Award for Excellence in College Astronomy Teaching from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ... The non-profit Astronomical Society of the Pacific...
... I use Cartes du Ceil (and turn off the labels) Then you can print maps of any part of the sky you'd like (http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/) Matt. ... ...
What I do is use the program, Starry Night Pro, available at http:// www.starrynight.com/. It's available for Macs or PCs. For what you want, you can get the...
Thank you, everyone, for all of the suggestions. I've asked our library to order each one. This list is a tremendous resource for those of us who are "alone"...
I use Starry Night for this purpose. I use WebAssign to give homework, quizzes, and exams. WebAssign has an imagemap question type, so you can ask questions...
Since were already talking about star maps - can one use those programs in order to generate planesphers? Amir Some may scoff at the hobby of astronomy, but...
Thanks for the suggestions. RSI New Moon and Seasons are really worth it. I plan to use them in my classes. On another topic, a student brought to class a 30...
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