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
edevore@...
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)...
Alexander L. Rudolph
alrudolph@...
Oct 4, 2006 11:38 pm
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Greetings. Towson University is now hiring for an assistant/associate science education position for Fall 2007. The position description can be found below. ...
Hello, I have just covered Galileo in my ASTR 101 class, and some of my students are wondering how Galileo used his telescope to study sunspots. I have...
I heard he lost most of his vision because of that! ... Dennis Erickson Astronomy/Chemistry/Physics Teacher 312 582 6435 The Latin School of Chicago...
Dennis Erickson
derickson@...
Oct 5, 2006 5:53 pm
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As I understand it, Galileo did observe the sun directly through the telescope, although typically at sunset when the sun was low and didn't appear as bright....
Hi Noella, I think he observed the sun directly at sunrise and sunset, and also used a projection technique developed by Benedetto Castelli. See, e.g.,...
I have always been under the impression that Galileo did use his telescope to view sunspots, but did so near sunset for the sake of comfort. I am also under...
I had always heard that as well, but thought I'd google this to see what I found. This site indicates that he observed the sun at sunrise and at sunset and by...
Mariam Dittmann
mdittman@...
Oct 5, 2006 6:22 pm
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All, Take a look at this webpage: http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/GF/vision/Galileo.html Galileo projected the Sun's image, and his blindness wasn't caused by looking...
... Hash: SHA1 ... To all the people noting that Galileo observed sunspots through his telescope, its true he did, but HE DID NOT GO BLIND as a result of this....
The Spanish language version of the Fall 2006 issue of the Universe in the Classroom, "Mercury – its time has come" by Suzanne Gurton, is now available. This...
At this stage in the semester we are doing planetary geology. Lotsa great pictures, but in a class of 160 students (the room is SO FULL people are sitting on...
Elisha, It's hard finding activities for planetary geology. I still make use of a NASA Planetary Geology manual that is a bit dated, but I believe works well....
One thing I like to do while talking about surfaces is to discuss superposition of features as a way of determining the order of events. Then I give my...
Conference On Teaching Introductory Astronomy to Non-science Majors To be Held at Pomona College, August 3 - 5, 2007 ==========================================...
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific Invites Nominations for the Society's 2007 Awards The Richard Emmons Award celebrates outstanding achievement in the ...
Hi everyone, Just wondered if there are any new opinions about internet degrees out there. The only master's level or above that I know of in astronomy are at...
Have you attended a NASA Center for Astronomy Education at some time in the past? If so, than this message is for you! You are cordially invited to attend two...
Hi everybody, I am looking for an online archive of images of the moon that one could use to measure how its angular diameter changes as it orbits Earth, and...
Hi, Bernhard, This might help; I'm just not certain if it includes distance in its calculations of the appearance of the Moon (it's a "synthetic" image) I ...
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