The beautiful cover of the latest issue of Mercury inspired me to
create a zoom-in movie of the "Face on Mars" in the Cydonia region. You
can view it at
http://www.astronomynotes.com/solarsys/face.htm

I also have similar zoom-in movies of the MER sites at
http://www.astronomynotes.com/solarsys/MERsites2004.htm
(Some day I'll update them)

Enjoy!
--
Nick Strobel
nstrobel@...
Astronomy Notes website:
http://www.astronomynotes.com

Astronomy Picture of the Day recently had a link to a 'movie' of 20
consecutive full moons that clearly demonstrate the changing angular
size and slight wobble of the moon.  I thought this might be
interesting to show a class BEFORE discussing such topics and get some
student ideas on why the pictures are doing what they're doing.  If
anyone has some good activities around this sort of series, would you
mind posting them?  Thanks.

Here's the link:

http://www.photoastronomique.net/geant/0505-0612.html

Hello all,

Perhaps two useful links, for teachers interested in showing
to their classrooms how open clusters fundamental parameters
and evolutive scenarios can be obtained, through photometry
only.

First link from Cds-Astroweb Astronomy Educational Resurces:

http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/astroweb/education.html
- Once within astroweb page, please select and reach
" Hr Trace Connection " link.

Second link with quick code description:

http://xoomer.alice.it/hrtrace/Geberal_Info_Wd.htm

Regards.

At the AAS/AAPT Tier II workshop someone asked me what book I get my
ancient astronomers readings from. The book is "Ancient Astronomers"
by Anthony Aveni.

Here's the Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/ANCIENT-ASTRONOMERS-Exploring-Ancient-World/dp/0895990377/\
sr=1-1/qid=1168230660/ref=sr_1_1/103-2032838-5398236?ie=UTF8&s=books

I took a course on Ancient Astronomers at CU Boulder that used this
book. It starts with a short excerpt about where the common units of
time used today come from. Then has chapters on European, African,
Mayan, Incan, Muslim, Native American, Chinese, and Polynesian
astronomers. I copied all the chapters and let people choose which
cultures they wanted to read about.

I don't teach about ancient astronomers specifically but I like to use
this as a class reading right after we've talked about daily motions.
Plus it works in cultural diversity, which we all thought was
impossible to have in a science class!

The discussion questions I give (plus the other readings we did in the
course last quarter) are online at

http://kristinewashburn.com/astro120/articles.html

I usually let students discuss the questions in pairs for 10 minutes
before we talk as a class. I find that builds their confidence and
generates new questions.

If you want any more info about this or have any tips for me, just
send me an email or respond to this post.

-Kristine

On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 19:37 +0000, drcreneejames wrote:
> Astronomy Picture of the Day recently had a link to a 'movie' of 20
> consecutive full moons that clearly demonstrate the changing angular
> size and slight wobble of the moon. I thought this might be
> interesting to show a class BEFORE discussing such topics and get some
> student ideas on why the pictures are doing what they're doing. If
> anyone has some good activities around this sort of series, would you
> mind posting them? Thanks.
>
> Here's the link:
>
> http://www.photoastronomique.net/geant/0505-0612.html
>
>
>

I ask my students why we always see the same side of the Moon.  The
usual first answer is that it doesn't spin as it orbits Earth. So I
challenge the students to test their idea. I like to have a student (or
two!) come up to the front of the room and either be the Moon or Earth
(their choice!) and then the "Moon" person walks around the "Earth"
person.  First, the "Moon" has to walk around the "Earth" but keep toes
and nose pointing the same direction.  "Earth" then sees all sides of
"Moon".  Then I have the students replicate the observation that we are
familiar with, i.e. the "Moon" is always facing the same side toward
"Earth".   Then the rest of the students in the class see all sides of
the "Moon" which indicates that the Moon spins on its axis as it orbits
the Earth in a particular way.

I also point out that we don't always see exactly the same portion of
the Moon, but I show the libration animation that has all the phases of
the Moon in it.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap991108.html

Thanks for sharing that animation of the full Moon!


--
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
Illinois Wesleyan University
309-556-3888

Chicago State University

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-----Original Message-----
From: astrolrner@yahoogroups.com [mailto:astrolrner@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Elisha Polomski
Sent: Saturday, 30 December 2006 2:26 AM
To: astrolrner@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Astrolrner@CAE] Astro Music

I stumbled onto an interesting bit of music
called
"Star Chant" composed by Ross Edwards
for orchestra and choral.
It chants constellations and stars.

I only found a tiny clip of it on the web, and cant
find the CD ANYWHERE.

Ross Edwards is a modern composer based in Australia.
He recently completed SYMPHONY No. 4 "STAR CHANT"
which is a major work for chorus and orchestra to a
text by the astronomer Fred Watson. This symphony was
presented at the 2002 Adelaide Festival. The deep
space photographic images of David Malin accompanied
the performance.

www.hindson.com.au/ross/prognotes%202/Symph4Notes.htm

Does anyone know where to acquire this recording?
I've googled it everywhere and amazon doesnt have it.


Elisha

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--
Beth Simon
CSE Department
University of California, San Diego
858-534-5419

Are there any California community colleges that offer an astrobiology course
besides
Sacramento City College? If yes, do any cross-list it with a biology course, so
that a
student could get life science or physical science credit (or both)?
--
Nick Strobel

Hi Deborah,

Perhaps you are already aware of these resources, but if not, check
them out:

David Hurd and John Matelock make tactile materials for astronomy:
http://www.aaccoreconcepts.com/gpage3.html

SEE Project:  [Space Exploration Experience (SEE) Project for the Blind
and Visually Impaired]
http://analyzer.depaul.edu/SEE_Project/

I hope that helps. -GH



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Madison Metro. School Dist. Planetarium
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Madison, WI 53717-1499  USA
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FAX: 608-442-2203

Hi, Deborah. I don’t have any resources, but I did once talk up astronomy with a group of blind folks in Milwaukee (when I was at Marquette University) several years ago. It’s a real brain-stretching exercise, since our discipline is so visual. And the audience loved it.

Chris Sirola

University of Southern Mississippi

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From: astrolrner@yahoogroups.com [mailto:astrolrner@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Deborah L. Rooks
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 5:56 PM
To: astrolrner@yahoogroups.com; astroed_news@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Astrolrner@CAE] astronomy education for students with a visual impairment

Hello!

I am interested in resources, curriculum, etc. available for students with a visual impairment in the area of astronomy.  I am aware of the accomplished works of Noreen Grice and those of Bernhard Beck-Winchatz, the various NASA funded books available in Braille, and the materials referenced on the resource list of accessible astronomy published by Noreen Grice...

Does anyone have additional information/resources? 

Thanks for your help!

Deborah Rooks
University of Arizona

 

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Hello All,

Next week, I am conducting a grade 5-8 teacher workshop on the topic
of Astrobiology.  As part of the workshop, I am giving a 45-minute
introduction on "What is Astrobiology" and I wanted to do this by
designing the talk around clicker questions.  I have been using
clickers in all my classes for the last two years, and really like
the way they get the audience engaged in the topic...much better than
lectures!

Does anybody have, or know of where I can get some Astrobiology
clicker questions?  Since the workshop is next week, I would love to
get something this week, if possible.  Thanks!

Alex
--

================================
Alexander L. Rudolph
Assoc. Prof. of Physics
California Polytechnic University
3801 West Temple Avenue
Pomona, California 91768
Office: 909-869-4180
Mobile: 909-717-1851
email: alrudolph@...
================================

There are some astrobiology concept test questions in Paul J. Green's "Peer
Instruction for
Astronomy", published by Pearson Education/Prentice Hall.  There is a CD with
the concept
test questions to make it easy to include them in a power point.

You might also adapt some of the "Ask an Astrobiologist" questions from the NASA
Astrobiology Institute
http://nai.nasa.gov/
There are also links to other resources from there.

--- In astrolrner@yahoogroups.com, "Alexander L. Rudolph" <alrudolph@...> wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> Next week, I am conducting a grade 5-8 teacher workshop on the topic
> of Astrobiology.  As part of the workshop, I am giving a 45-minute
> introduction on "What is Astrobiology" and I wanted to do this by
> designing the talk around clicker questions.  I have been using
> clickers in all my classes for the last two years, and really like
> the way they get the audience engaged in the topic...much better than
> lectures!
>
> Does anybody have, or know of where I can get some Astrobiology
> clicker questions?  Since the workshop is next week, I would love to
> get something this week, if possible.  Thanks!
>
> Alex
> --
>
> ================================
> Alexander L. Rudolph
> Assoc. Prof. of Physics
> California Polytechnic University
> 3801 West Temple Avenue
> Pomona, California 91768
> Office: 909-869-4180
> Mobile: 909-717-1851
> email: alrudolph@...
> ================================
>

Hi, I'm Jeff Sudol, your new Guest Moderator, as you perhaps already
know from the April issue of the NASA Center for Astronomy Education
(CAE) Newsletter or from the April edition of This Month's Teaching
Strategy on the CAE website (http://astronomy101.jpl.nasa.gov).  As
Guest Moderator of Astrolrner@CAE, I will be posting a short "letter
from the moderator" each month, similar to the "letter from the
editor" typically published in magazines and newsletters.  The
purpose of my letter is to highlight important events and resources,
to share with you my own experiences as an instructor, and to invite
you to discuss particular issues in astronomy education.  This
month, I want to first introduce myself then show you one of the
special sections of the CAE website where you can share your Ideas
for the classroom
(http://astronomy101.jpl.nasa.gov/ideas/index.cfm).

After graduating from Macalester College in 1992, I enrolled in the
teacher certification program at Central Connecticut State
University.  Two semesters later, I received my certification to
teach high school physics.  Except for the nine weeks that I spent
in the classroom as a student teacher, I have never actually taught
high school physics, but those nine weeks count as one of the best
experiences of my life, and I am glad to have done it.  Instead of
teaching high school full time, I skipped forward to graduate school
at the University of Wyoming.  In graduate school, I learned a
little bit about "noise" (a topic for a future letter) and group
learning environments, and I tinkered with the astronomy laboratory
exercises.  After graduating from the University of Wyoming in 2000,
I taught introductory astronomy at Minnesota State University in
Mankato.  I taught four astronomy courses per semester to over 400
students on the year - no assistants, just me and 400 students!
Sound familiar?  It was a year of "lecture," and I finished that
year a bit disappointed, wondering what I could do better.  I spent
the next four years outside the classroom, working for the National
Solar Observatory in Tucson, across the street from the Conceptual
Astronomy and Physics Education Research (CAPER) Team at the
University of Arizona, which is now home to CAE—lucky me!  I spent
some time talking to Tim Slater, Ed Prather, and Gina Brissenden
about teaching astronomy, and I attended a couple of their
workshops.  In 2005, I returned to teaching full-time at Denison
University, where I started to put into practice all that I had
learned up until then, with positive and encouraging results.  In
2006, I moved to Gettysburg College, where I have built on my
experiences in the previous year, and next year, I will be a tenure-
track faculty member in the Physics Department at West Chester
University, where I will be in charge of the B.S. Ed. program in
Physics.  Certainly, I am not a veteran in the field of science
education.  Like many of you on Astrolrner@CAE, I am relatively new
to teaching astronomy and searching for better ways to teach it.

In my short time as a college professor, I have developed some
strategies for managing the classroom experience, strategies that I
hope might be useful to the rest of our community.  On the CAE
website, there is a special forum for these strategies:  Ideas from
your Classrooms (http://astronomy101.jpl.nasa.gov/ideas/index.cfm).
This month, I want to encourage everyone to submit an Idea to this
forum.  Just click on "Your Ideas" on the CAE homepage, or follow
the link above.  As moderator, I'm going to lead the charge and
submit three of my own:  "The 5:1 Rule" for timing exams; "The 3-
minute Rule" for debriefing Think-Pair-Share questions; and "Stay on
Target!" for handling distracting questions in the classroom.  I'm
sure you have a good idea, so share it!

Yours in Moderation,
Jeffrey J. Sudol

Education and Public Outreach Specialist Positions

Positions are available in the Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) group
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Don't miss the opportunity to participate in the year's largest meeting of
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"EPO and a Changing World: Creating Linkages and Expanding Partnerships"
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ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS
The Program Committee invites proposals for
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-60-minute Awareness-Building Presentations
      -Poster Presentations

Early submissions are strongly encouraged and will be weighed in the
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deadline for abstract submission is May 14, and all submitters will be
notified the week of June 29.

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..

I am writing to let you know about two education events that will be
held in advance of the American Astronomical Society's upcoming
conference in Honolulu, HI later this month:

***********************
K-12 EDUCATOR RECEPTION
SATURDAY MAY 26th, 5-8pm, $10
Ala Moana Hotel (Carnation Room), Honolulu, Hawaii

Join us for an evening reception, hosted by the Association for
Astronomy Education (an NSTA affiliate organization) and the American
Astronomical Society (AAS), and learn about the latest astronomy results
and how you can use them in your classroom! During the evening you will
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discoveries, mingle with research scientists and an astronaut over
snacks and drinks, and get resources to take back to your classrooms .
To register, download the form at: www.astroed.org/aas_reg.pdf

Download the flyer at: http://www.astroed.org/aas_flyer.pdf
And the registration form at: http://www.astroed.org/aas_reg.pdf
(the form also his local educator discounts for the remainder of the
conference if you are interested!)
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Download a flyer and post it to encourage your kids to attend!
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If you are in the area we hope that you will be able to join us for
these events!! Please feel free to contact me (off list) at
jake@... if you have any questions.

Jake Noel-Storr
AAE President
Rochester Institute of Technology

Although many of us have very few future astronomy majors in our ASTRO 101
classes, recent articles report that many (up to 40%) of our ASTRO 101
students are going to be future teachers, even though they might not know it
just yet.  One of the notions that comes up again and again in the science
education reform literature again and again is that our introductory science
courses do not often model the sort of teaching that we would hope that
these future teachers would use in their future classrooms.  So, my question
for you is, as you look over what you did this past year in your ASTRO 101
class, what exactly did you do in your class that you hope that future
teachers who were your students will transfer to their future classes?
Alternatively, is there anything you did in your class you'd hope that your
future teachers would NOT do?  Cheers, Tim Slater, University of Arizona
CAPER Team




..

Hi, Tim!

I did not teach Astro 101 this year; instead, I taught an
interdisciplinary course for art and physis majors, Symmetry and
Aesthetics in Introductory Physics. The lecture slides, assignments, and
other goodies are available at www.ccs.ucsb.edu/course_sites/symmetry.
PLEASE CITE ME AS THE SOURCE IF YOU USE ANY...naturally. :)

This is the model that I am advocating for future teachers - I am writing
it up as my dissertation in physics education right now!

I will be E/PO coordinator for the Planck explorer mission next year...so
I'll be back out in the world, going to conferences.

I will be very happy to explain more about it later! I'll be at Cosmos in
Classroom in Aug (Pasadena) and Sept (Chicago)...and probably AAPT in
January.

cheers,
jatila

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Jatila van der Veen - Davis
Ph.D. Candidate
Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
and
Department of Physics
2223 Broida Hall
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
www.physics.ucsb.edu/~jatila
and
www.jatiladance.com
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Tim Slater wrote:
> Although many of us have very few future astronomy majors in our ASTRO 101
> classes, recent articles report that many (up to 40%) of our ASTRO 101
> students are going to be future teachers, even though they might not know
> it
> just yet.  One of the notions that comes up again and again in the science
> education reform literature again and again is that our introductory
> science
> courses do not often model the sort of teaching that we would hope that
> these future teachers would use in their future classrooms.  So, my
> question
> for you is, as you look over what you did this past year in your ASTRO 101
> class, what exactly did you do in your class that you hope that future
> teachers who were your students will transfer to their future classes?
> Alternatively, is there anything you did in your class you'd hope that
> your
> future teachers would NOT do?  Cheers, Tim Slater, University of Arizona
> CAPER Team
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