I am interested in pre and post testing my astronomy students attitudes toward science, and understanding of science. Can anyone recommend an appropriate...
The APOD is a great animation showing how the apparent size of the Moon changes over the course of a month. In answer to the second part of the question, you...
Hello folks, The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington (a lovely small town about 70 miles south of Seattle) has a position open, and they ...
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 ...
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 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...
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific Invites Nominations for the Society's 2007 Awards The Richard Emmons Award celebrates outstanding achievement in the ...
Conference On Teaching Introductory Astronomy to Non-science Majors To be Held at Pomona College, August 3 - 5, 2007 ==========================================...
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...
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...
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...
Greetings. Towson University is now hiring for an assistant/associate science education position for Fall 2007. The position description can be found below. ...
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona PHYSICS DEPARTMENT The Physics Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona)...
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 ...
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...
Greetings. Towson University is now hiring for an assistant/associate science education position for Fall 2007. The position description can be found below. ...
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...
Dear Members of Astrolrner@CAE, The Conceptual Astronomy and Physics Education Research (CAPER) Team is currently conducting a study of the newly created Light...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 Bernhard, I've done spectroscopy observing labs with college, high school and middle school students . I've used spectral tubes (and power supplies)...
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,...
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...
COSMOS IN THE CLASSROOM" ON TEACHING INTRO ASTRONOMY PLANNED FOR POMONA JULY 2007 A three-day symposium on teaching introductory astronomy to non-science...
Dear Colleagues, It seems that this ad has still not made all the rounds. Even though the deadline is passing, we have some flexibility so, if you know anyone...
