I recently ordered from Plasteel Corporation, and am quite happy with the products. http://www.plasteelcorp.com/craftweb.htm Edna DeVore SETI Institute...
The Physics Education Research group at CU is doing major research on student attitudes about science. Their survey is freely available here: It has several...
Next fall my high school is adding Astronomy to our course offerings for the first time. We are even going a step further-it will be an "Inclusion" astronomy ...
Hello everyone At the recent AAS meeting there was a booth with a neon light and diffraction grating glasses. I asked and they said they could definitely...
I'd like to add my observations to those good ideas by Steve Shawl about teaching the nature of science to non-science majors. First, I strongly agree that...
'lo all. Tonight I had one of my class and I wanted to discuss what science is and what the purpose of science is and all that good stuff. It was a flop. A...
Hi again I love you guys sooo much. I'd like to show my big class the gas filled glass tubes we have to show them emission spectra. There are close to 200...
This e-flyer I received from Chris Chiaverina tells how to make cheap diffraction gratings. I have not tried it myself; don't know if it can resolve...
Hmmm I wonder if our electronics and machine shop people could come up with something based on that....I'd rather get more tubes than a projector. They are...
Hi Let me clarify a bit. Forgive my typing. I burned my hand on the helium gas tube this time. I will learn that gas tubes coming off a high potential ...
Hi all Has anyone given the astronomy attittude survey that's on the FLAG website? I'm giving it to my students this week and I'm slightly puzzled by the ...
Hi It's for non-majors and fills a gen ed requirement but it is one of many classes that will fill the gen ed requirement. Class demographics haven't changed. ...
Harper College in Palatine, Illinois, has a full time opening for an astronomy instructor. Interested applicants should apply on line at the Harper web site. ...
Any suggestions on what software to recommend to freshman Junior college students in a survey course for use on Palm and Windows CE pdas? More generally I need...
Again, HOSS works with the .fts image type and we have many asteroid images for students to work with. It works on both platforms and with my connects I am...
Thanks to everyone who gave software suggestions for our middle school curriculum project. We had been thinking about using Starry Night but after testing it...
I get a reasonable response rate (more than 1/2 engaged) by: A. Making it part of their grade (30% over six discussions in my case), B. Warning them that the...
Hi, There's a book called "Touch the Universe: A NASA Braille Book of Astronomy." I haven't used it with students but I have had a look at it. It has braille...
Hi all, Do any of you know of a good, student-friendly, preferably free-to-download graphing program that can read in 3-D data and output a contour or color...
Hello, I am involved in developing a middle school astronomy unit, and there is a desire to use software to enhance aspects of the classroom activities dealing...
Hi Tina I have taught a few visually impaired students in a high school setting over the years. This generally required me to be far more organised than I...
Thanks. I had just wanted to make sure that if the students needed special resources that I had time to get them before we actually started covering the meat...
Many of you have asked about an advanced-level teaching workshop on ASTRO 101. We've just received approval and confirmed dates to make this happen so start...
Hi Thanks for all the tips. It turns out I have 2 visually impaired students. Both are legally blind, but have travel vision. I have no idea what travel ...
Hello I've been informed I have a visually impaired student taking my astronomy class on astronomy which mainly covers the planets. Are there any resources out...
If your student has some sight, could a monitor for your power point be set up for the student's use? I had a student who found this helpful. Judi James ...
Because the class is going to have an enrollment of around 200 students, I will more than likely be using powerpoint. The text won't be a problem I think,...
Dear Astrolrner Readers, In the fall of 2005, we conducted a multi-institutional study of students' understanding of concepts related to light and spectroscopy...
