Astrolearner Group The Physical Science Department at Harold Washington College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago, is seeking a tenure-track faculty member...
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youcandoastronomy
youcandoastr...
Mar 6, 2006 8:57 pm
Hello. Recently there was a lot of discussion about accessible astronomy materials for blind or low vision students. Here's an opportunity to have some...
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Douglas Duncan
valentinozip...
Mar 6, 2006 8:58 pm
I chose the text I use because of its webite! The web site that goes with a text is becoming increasingly important as the sites get better. In my experience a...
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P.E. Robinson
probinson@...
Mar 6, 2006 9:57 pm
Hi all, I wasn't going to give my two cents on textbooks (My favorite is Shu, but *sigh*), but since Doug brought up masteringastronomy.com, I'll enter the ...
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Darryl Stanford
zetapuppi
Mar 8, 2006 12:15 am
Star Probe 2.0 allows students to do simulated astrophysical research by modeling a variety of stellar objects. It allows students to learn stellar processes...
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Tim Slater
astronomer_tim
Mar 8, 2006 4:30 pm
Hi! Sorry to fill your mailbox with even more email, but I wanted to be sure that you knew about AstroEd_News. AstroEd_News is a similar email disitribution...
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Dave Bruning
david.bruning@...
Mar 8, 2006 5:52 pm
You might try contacting Frank Granshaw at Artemis Science and ask him about a software update ( artemis@...). He might have a workaround if an...
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Hank Bouchelle
hbouchel
Mar 8, 2006 6:12 pm
Each summer the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, ME offers two two-week, 4-graduate credit, residential astronomy-related programs for teachers....
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T F Slater
astronomer_tim
Mar 8, 2006 7:29 pm
POSITION: an evaluation director of ... ....
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hgabelnick@...
Mar 8, 2006 7:42 pm
Repeat of earlier message, please note change in closing date: Astrolearner Group The Physical Science Department at Harold Washington College, one of the City...
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robert.hollow@...
robhollow2003
Mar 8, 2006 10:02 pm
I contacted Frank Granshaw yesterday with a few questions after being made aware of Star Probe by this list. His response below answers the question of an...
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Heather Bradbury
hbradbur@...
Mar 8, 2006 10:32 pm
FYI...the position has been filled....
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CRMallory@...
Mar 9, 2006 9:22 pm
Colleagues: AFTER the need to teach a solid, basic intro astron lecture and lab class is met, what other aspect of introductory level astron has you really...
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Joann Eisberg
joann.eisberg@...
Mar 9, 2006 10:18 pm
That's easy! We already have two basic courses: Planets and the Solar System Stars and Galaxies The next two I would offer if I could convince the dean we'd...
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Ed Prather
eprather@...
Mar 9, 2006 10:18 pm
U of A Astronomy has a pretty high enrollment by the non-science major population with our "Astrobiology", "Cosmology" and "Stars" courses. These are taken by...
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McDaid, Liam
macedonfinance
Mar 9, 2006 10:39 pm
I teach Astrobiology now, and it is very popular. The students have an eye opening experience when you actually analyze the evidence (what little there is)...
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Darryl Stanford
zetapuppi
Mar 9, 2006 10:39 pm
Thanx Bob and Dave for following up on this. I'm also going to email Frank Grenshaw to tell him how valuable Star Probe 2.0 is for my and other students who...
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REYNOLDS, MICHAEL
astrospace90
Mar 9, 2006 11:41 pm
I am working on establishing an Astronomy Seminar, AST2933, which will allow us the ability to teach different topics. That gives us the flexibility - as a...
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snupnhomer@...
tinanhomer
Mar 9, 2006 11:52 pm
Hello My class is covering planet formation. My students are having a hard time grasping the concepts of accretion and differentiation. I'm at a loss of...
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snupnhomer@...
tinanhomer
Mar 9, 2006 11:53 pm
Hi My students are having trouble with the concept of the lithosphere. I've explained to them it is the outer layer of the Earth, made up of the crust and ...
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Dave Bruning
david.bruning@...
Mar 9, 2006 11:58 pm
... While I perceive the consensus to be astrobiology, and that course has a lot of merits in terms of news value and philosophical issues, not to mention the...
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Gina Brissenden
gina_brissenden
Mar 10, 2006 12:29 am
Hi Tina, I think you may be discovering what decades of research has taught us about how humans learn: It is not what we--the instructors--do that matters; it...
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McDaid, Liam
macedonfinance
Mar 10, 2006 12:33 am
Arny had differentiation nailed: - Think Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream (Breyer's, not the green stuff) melting. Liam McDaid Astronomy Coordinator & Professor...
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McDaid, Liam
macedonfinance
Mar 10, 2006 12:37 am
In ice fishing, if the ice is too thick, you can't to the fish. There is a morbid analogy with tyring to break out of a frozen pond from below, but it's a...
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Castle, Karen
kgc023
Mar 10, 2006 5:48 pm
I usually show how thin plates or lithosphere will wrinkle up by pushing sheet protectors into one another and seeing how they (or small piles of paper) will...
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Aaron Titus
aaronpatrick...
Mar 10, 2006 5:49 pm
When I was an undergraduate student at Penn State, I took a course in archaeoastronomy. Perhaps it is worth consideration. AT...
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Dr Mike Inglis
inglism@...
Mar 10, 2006 5:50 pm
Greetings. Most of our students choose from either the "intro to the Solar System? course, or the "Stars and Galaxies" course. However, we also offer a "Life...
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pendzira
Mar 10, 2006 5:51 pm
Think water balloon compared to an egg. The egg has tought shell and is nearly filled, heat and it usually hard boils instead of erupting. Fill a balloon and...
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Storrs, Alex
astorrs42
Mar 10, 2006 5:52 pm
About teaching: We just went to the two-semester intro sequence someone mentioned-- everything out to the Milky Way in the first semester, and the Milky Way...
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Judi James
jj2m7s
Mar 10, 2006 5:52 pm
Astronaut Don Petit did 3 video clips when he was on the ISS showing accretion in a big zip lock bag. He used coffee grounds, styrofoam bits and pepper in...
