COSMOS IN THE CLASSROOM" ON TEACHING INTRO ASTRONOMY PLANNED FOR POMONA JULY 2007 A three-day symposium on teaching introductory astronomy to non-science...
I have a native Spanish-speaking student in my summer class (intro. solar system) who, for all practical purposes, is fluent in English. However some of the...
Hi, I would like to do a spectroscopy lab with a group of middle school and high school teachers. I'd like them to observe and compare the spectra of various...
TERC, a not-for-profit educational research and development center in Cambridge, MA, is seeking high school science teachers to participate in the 2006-2007...
Feel free to use this: http://nw.pima.edu/dmeeks/spandict/ Its not astronomy per se, but has a lot of mathematical terms that might help. ... From:...
Meeks, Denise
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Jun 15, 2006 4:47 pm
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Hello Adam Theres a website that has a good explanation on observing the sun and jupiter in radio in spanish. Unfortunately it is just one page long. The url...
have the kids do the lab at night in the city & use the neon beer signs, & Hg & Na street lights, etc.? Dennis Erickson Chicago Sidewalk Astronomy Club ...
Dennis
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Jun 15, 2006 4:49 pm
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Adam, I think all you'll need as your jumping off point is this NOAO page that links to the best of spanish language astronomy pages: ...
Do you mean besides high pressure sodium and mercury vapor streetlights? Neon tubes (of many colors) have different gases in them. -Liam McDaid ... From:...
Other sources you might want to look think about, the REFELCTED spectrum lines of a laser pointer off a paper. (NOT the direct beam) A 35 mm projector light,...
I'm not sure the level of any of these resources, or frankly if they even are what you are requesting, since I do not read Spanish, but the links toward the...
Lindsay M. Clark
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Jun 15, 2006 4:51 pm
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... Hi Bernhard, I've done spectroscopy observing labs with college, high school and middle school students . I've used spectral tubes (and power supplies)...
The Spanish-language version of Stardate also has a great web site: http://radiouniverso.org/ Suzy ... Suzanne Gurton, Education Manager Astronomical Society...
Suzy Gurton
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Jun 15, 2006 6:13 pm
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Dear Bernhard, You can buy inexpensive neon 'bulbs' from better hardware stores. These come in standard screw-in bases and are often configured to simulate the...
Simple, the neon lights, the mercury vapor street light, the sodium vapor street light. After that you have the salts and metals that you can flame in bunsen...
Bernhard, For a very simple and relatively affordable idea, why not look at the Stanford Solar Center [http://solar-center.stanford.edu/activities/cots.html]. ...
Dr Mike Inglis
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Jun 15, 2006 8:02 pm
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Here at LPI we have a spectrometer classroom set available on loan; I haven't used them myself but I have heard good things about them. ...
Shupla, Christine
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Jun 15, 2006 9:24 pm
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Harold, Thanks for the endorsement! Here is another NOAO page with references to science and math books in Spanish: http://www.astronomyinspanish.org/ . Adam, ...
One other approach is to borrow the spectrum tubes from a local college or JC. These sets are widely available and usually not used the full semester. The...
Hi, I had great success with my high school class building simple spectroscopes with slide-mounted diffraction gratings. We found that sturdier cardboard...
Hi All, This may have already been shared by the group--i haven't read every email on spectra/spectroscopes. The Stanford University solar center has a...
Edna DeVore
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Jun 21, 2006 10:23 pm
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The Astronomical Society of the Pacific is happy to announce the return of the Universe in the Classroom, its free quarterly newsletter for teachers and other...
Finally joined this group (nearly a year after I heard about it). I've been developing some resources for educators/general public on dealing with creationism...
In response to Bridgman's posting: There are considerable resources available on teaching and learning about creationism. Here's a short list that may be...
Edna DeVore
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Aug 23, 2006 11:53 pm
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Dear Members of Astrolrner@CAE, The Conceptual Astronomy and Physics Education Research (CAPER) Team is currently conducting a study of the newly created Light...
In response to DeVore's post, I must say that while these resources are helpful, they fall into the problem I call 'dueling citation lists'. If you examine...
Greetings. Towson University is now hiring for an assistant/associate science education position for Fall 2007. The position description can be found below. ...
There will be a demonstration and discussion of wireless student resonse systems or "clickers" at the Winter AAS/ AAPT meeting in Seattle. If you have...
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the release of the third issue (pdf) of the "Latin-American Journal of Astronomy Education" (RELEA), available at ...
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona PHYSICS DEPARTMENT The Physics Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona)...
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