Dear Astrolrner@CAE Members, I would like to personally invite those of you in the Michigan area to attend a FREE workshop on teaching excellence in...
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Andrew Morrison
morris57
Jan 10, 2007 8:11 pm
... 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...
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kristinewashburn
kristinewash...
Jan 10, 2007 6:16 pm
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. ...
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Valter_ArnĂ²
waphil2003
Jan 10, 2007 6:14 pm
Hello all, Perhaps two useful links, for teachers interested in showing to their classrooms how open clusters fundamental parameters and evolutive scenarios...
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drcreneejames
Jan 10, 2007 6:14 pm
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...
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Nick Strobel
strobelnick
Jan 1, 2007 8:10 pm
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 ...
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Elisha Polomski
plumwoodep
Jan 1, 2007 8:04 pm
Last semester I started using a little bit of music in my lectures. Monty Python's galaxy song from "Meaning of Life" was quite amusing when set to a number of...
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russmgenet@...
Jan 1, 2007 8:03 pm
Hello All, I taught a course at Northern Arizona University some time ago entitled The Epic of Evolution. It covered physical, biological, and cultural...
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Jatila van der Veen -...
jatilav
Jan 1, 2007 8:01 pm
In case anyone is interested, I've taken a lot of my readings and materials for lecture notes for my "Symmetry and Aesthetics in Physics" course from two...
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Tim Slater
astronomer_tim
Jan 1, 2007 3:15 am
I just wanted to be sure you knew YOU are invited to the ASTRONOMY EDUCATION RESEARCH TOWN HALL meeting at the AAS/AAPT Meeting in Seattle at the Washington...
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Tim Slater
astronomer_tim
Dec 27, 2006 8:46 pm
REUNION NASA Center for Astronomy Education Workshop Participant Reunion Remember all those great people you met at the CAE workshop on teaching ASTRO 101? We...
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pendzira
Dec 12, 2006 12:18 am
Susan, I think you might find http://www.cltw.org/research.htm very appropriate. The Center for Learning and Teaching in the West is concerned with science...
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Pendzick
pendzira
Dec 12, 2006 12:10 am
Susan, I think you might find http://www.cltw.org/research.htm very approptiate. The Center for Learning and Teachng in the West is concerned with science...
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David Moore
GDM369
Dec 12, 2006 12:07 am
Here is the information on the Hazen Trefil book. You might contact the authors to see what research supported their decision to take this approach. The...
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Dave Bruning
david.bruning@...
Dec 12, 2006 12:07 am
The SABER database reveals no educational research regarding either astronomy taught "interdisciplinarily" with either other sciences or with other topics such...
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Joann Eisberg
joann.eisberg@...
Dec 12, 2006 12:02 am
Jatila (and others): If you are interested in research measuring the effect of integrating science education with fields outside the sciences, you might be ...
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Michele Bahr
mbahr@...
Dec 12, 2006 12:02 am
Hi You might look at work being done by the UA CAPER team, which includes Astrobiology, definitely an integrated science: ...
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Christopher Sirola
csirola2003
Dec 7, 2006 6:16 pm
Jatila brings up a good point - does anyone know of published studies involving physics and/or astronomy integrated with other subjects? We didn't do a formal...
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Susan Frampton
frampysniche
Dec 7, 2006 6:10 pm
Wonderful! I have found very little on actual educational research as well, but MANY position papers stating its importance. ALthough I am searching for ...
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David Moore
GDM369
Dec 7, 2006 6:08 pm
Good day, I am aware of a book and course by Robert M. Hazen, George Mason University, "The Sciences: An Integrated Approach". I understand he has developed a...
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Christopher Sirola
csirola2003
Dec 7, 2006 4:56 pm
Hi, Susan. I worked with a project several years ago in South Carolina that integrated science (physics specifically), math, engineering, & communications at...
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Jatila van der Veen -...
jatilav
Dec 7, 2006 4:54 pm
Greetings, Susan - I am not sure what you're looking for, but I am working on Symmetry and Aesthetics in Introductory Physics for my dissertation in physics ...
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Lee Shapiro
leetshapiro
Dec 7, 2006 4:47 pm
It is smaller at the horizon because it is further away from you by about the Earth's radius. Do a diagram, but represent the Earth by a circle, not a dot....
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Dennis Erickson
derickson@...
Dec 6, 2006 8:05 pm
Why is it smaller near the horiz.? Smaller in height & width? ... Dennis Erickson Astronomy/Chemistry/Physics Teacher 312 582 6435 The Latin School of...
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frampysniche
Dec 6, 2006 8:04 pm
Hello, I am desperate and searching for empirical research on intergrated science curriculum adn how it impacts student learning. So far, I have run into only...
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Bernhard Beck-Winchatz
bbeck_ssit
Dec 1, 2006 4:36 pm
Thanks Dennis, Shan, Christine, and Mary for the information about Moon images! Following a link on the Astronomy Picture of the Day page Dennis referred me to...
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Rica Sirbaugh French
ricadink
Dec 1, 2006 4:34 pm
http://www.flaguide.org/tools/tools_discipline.php The "Astronomy & Physics" discipline has several listings under "Attitude Survey." ... attitudes ... an...
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Robert Sparks
hale_bopp37
Dec 1, 2006 4:33 pm
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...
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Dave Bruning
david.bruning@...
Dec 1, 2006 4:31 pm
... The Physics education research group at the University of Colorado has a survey instrument called the CLASS that they are still developing. It is in ...
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Tim Slater
astronomer_tim
Dec 1, 2006 4:30 pm
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 ...
