Hi everyone, I recently started a blog to discuss and comment on astronomy education research, and to collect resources into a Web 2.0-style format. There are...
Hello all, I'm curious to know whether anyone has worked on adapting the lecture- tutorials developed by the CAPER team into a lab setting: that is, a setting...
On Behalf of Lindsay Bartalone: Two positions open at the Adler Planetarium. Cheers, Jake ... Master Educator for Teacher and School Programs A full-time...
Dear Astronomy / Space Science Educator, I have included below information on a set of events appropriate for K-12 students or their teachers that will be...
Hello, I am trying to create color images from original ccd filterd images. I am doing this with a group of high school students. Does anyone know of a...
Hello, Does anyone know of any available powerpoints or other resources for teaching non-western astronomy history? I am thinking maybe Central or South...
Dear All, The blackbody radiation laws (Wien's and Stefan-Boltzmann) have been the central to the discussion on stellar evolution in my astronomy classes,...
Hi All. I've not seen very much traffic on this list lately. Last Friday, I gave the following quiz: Explain in a single, grammatically and syntactically...
Hello! Well, this is a first: After lecturing on the dependence of luminosity on the size and temperature and how one can derive either size, temp, or...
You are invited to attend community workshops at the upcoming AGU and AAS Meetings on Student Collaboration opportunities within NASA's Science Mission...
Hi All, The American Astronomical Society (AAS) is currently calling for proposals for topical sessions for the St. Louis meeting, 1-5 June. These sessions ...
Hi, everyone. I'd appreciate it if you could forward this information to any individuals or institutions that you think might be interested: The Department of...
This is the first of two or three papers where I outline the history of science that started out explaining cosmological observations *before* they could be...
Hi all, I was just approached my department head to find a course description for a high school astronomy class to use as a reference for our proposal to the...
For the last two to three years, I have been interested in the issue of "prior preparation" and whether or not it affects student performance in introductory...
Hello everyone Tomorrow I am heading down to our state capital to attend a meeting on setting entry and exit levels for college intro courses (not just Astro -...
... Stephen Shawl The University of Kansas Department of Physics & Astronomy Malott Hall 1251 Wescoe Hall Dr., Room 1082 Lawrence, KS 66045-7582 ... Re:...
Hello, I'm would like to draw your attention to a new tenure-track position on offer at New Mexico State University, for a joint position in one of astronomy,...
Hi, everyone- I'm currently working on a book: "Seven Wonders of the Universe (that you probably take for granted)." At this point, it's in the larval stage,...
Wow - what a fantastic response. You can bet that I'll get back to several of you personally as I explore these topics deeper. Thanks again. (Another cool...
I think it's very cool that EM radiation across the spectrum (gamma rays to radio) has been falling on Earth since it formed with all its information (spectral...
It's late on a Friday afternoon. I have settled into my teaching routine, I have solved all of those pesky little problems that come up teaching at a new...
Some cool things I find are: 1. That we're here at all. The particle/antiparticle asymmetry in the Big Bang is so small (and as yet unexplained as far as I...
Hi all, I suspect many of us use pop culture references in our classes. Of course, most of us are much older than our current students (first years were born...
Milton, You might try JImage (which is an upgrade of NIH Image). It is free and can handle FITS format if I remeber correctly. Andrew Vanture Everett Community...
Sunlit clouds can give a nice absorption spectrum, esp. if you have handheld spectroscopes-- the aim isn't that critical. Hope this helps! Alex Storrs Dept. of...
Hi All We spend a great deal of time discussing learner-centered teaching for Astro 101. I was wondering if any of us is using these strategies in teaching ...
Hi, Please find the attached posting for a faculty position at Michigan State University. Both the Physics Department and Lyman Briggs College are highly ...
