Can anyone suggest ideas for college level lab activities related to the upcoming lunar eclipse? I'd like my students to observe it with a little more depth...
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Pendzick
pendzira
Feb 3, 2008 6:29 pm
There is a [lab] that tries to recreate Christopher Columbus's calculation of longitude. It seems that Columbus did this on his original voyage but was...
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rkang@...
Feb 3, 2008 6:29 pm
Amy, for something quantitative, how about the Danjon scale? Lots of info online, start with http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/Danjon.html Rick in...
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Castle, Karen
kgc023
Feb 4, 2008 3:12 pm
I have an exercise where people draw the shadow of the Earth and estimate the relative sizes of the Earth and the Moon. They also estimate the brightness on...
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Dave Bruning
david.bruning@...
Feb 4, 2008 9:54 pm
... I take this to mean activities not necessarily limited to telescopic viewing. I haven't tried this but it would be interesting to see if it works. Suspend...
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Christopher Sirola
csirola2003
Feb 5, 2008 10:37 pm
Hi, Amy. If you're looking for something a little more basic, I have attached a lab we use at Southern Miss. Ours is a survey course for non-majors with...
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Connie Walker
astro_knome
Feb 19, 2008 10:50 pm
PLEASE POST (and participate!) Can You See the Stars? Join thousands of other students, families and citizen-scientists hunting for stars during February 25...
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Gina Brissenden
gina_brissenden
Feb 21, 2008 1:25 am
Pre-Workshop Questions for Our Upcoming CAE Tier II Workshop Pick two days (topics) from your class you want to change. Then, answer the following questions,...
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eprather@...
Feb 21, 2008 1:30 am
What a great way of getting IYA started!!! i hope we are going to do things like this for the next year or so...I will have my students participate for sure...
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McDaid, Liam
macedonfinance
Feb 21, 2008 9:04 pm
This is a great activity idea. Last night, I designed a lab around it. I'd like to know if anyone teaching anywhere (LA? Manhattan?) actually gets a sky as...
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eprather@...
Feb 22, 2008 5:07 pm
If you are going to have your students participate. They would need to have their lat and long accurate to several decimal places, soo this web site will get...
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sejloucks
Feb 22, 2008 5:07 pm
Please spread the word: There is a new astronomy/physics full-time teaching position at American River College in Sacramento, CA. It closes 3/19. Application...
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sejloucks
Feb 24, 2008 12:32 am
Here is the site specifically for this position: https://jobs.losrios.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1203746531041 Regards, SL ... ...
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Anna Hurst
ahurst_astro
Feb 28, 2008 11:13 pm
Please excuse cross-postings A new issue of the Universe in the Classroom is now available. http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/74/74.html A...
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j.sudol
Feb 28, 2008 11:17 pm
The following announcement comes from Beth Simon. Please respond to her, not to me. Thanks. jjs ...
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Emilie Drobnes
emiliedrobnes
Mar 4, 2008 9:34 pm
Logistics Coordinator Position at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov) seeks an entry-level...
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j.sudol
Mar 4, 2008 9:55 pm
During the Fall semester of 2007, I taught one section of introductory astronomy and two sections of introductory physics. I received low evaluation scores in...
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Kendra
ksibbern
Mar 5, 2008 9:07 pm
... in ... Jeff, Are these evaluations part of a standard form from your institution? I would not be worried about "training"; students to understand and use...
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argote@...
mauricio_argote
Mar 5, 2008 9:08 pm
Hi Jeff, You stroke a good point here. I will ask first how many students you have in your classes, so that may also weight in the possible feedback options...
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David Kary
astrokary
Mar 5, 2008 9:08 pm
Hi Jeff, These are great questions you are asking, and I don't really have the answers, but as I read what you were writing it seemed to me that there might be...
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Gina Brissenden
gina_brissenden
Mar 5, 2008 9:10 pm
Hi Jeff, Boy, I know one thing for certain. You are not the only member of our CAE community asking themselves this question. I really look forward to...
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Jatila van der Veen
jatilav
Mar 5, 2008 9:11 pm
... Greetings, Activities done in class may be feedback for those students who are bold and raise their hands, or speak out, but not for the shy ones who look...
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Erik Brogt
ebrogt@...
Mar 5, 2008 9:12 pm
Hi Jeff, ... I think it depends on the type of feedback you give them and the structure of the activities you mentioned. Do you go over commonly made mistakes...
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mwenger1977
Mar 6, 2008 7:52 pm
Jeff, As others have said, excellent comments and questions! There are two components that I will address: 1) Do the students realize they are receiving...
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Joann Eisberg
joann.eisberg@...
Mar 6, 2008 7:53 pm
Jeff et al: To instructors, the important feedback concerns students' understanding. But students have a host of other concerns: "Different teachers expect...
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Dave Bruning
david.bruning@...
Mar 6, 2008 7:54 pm
... As an initial comment, I suspect your teaching evaluation form is ill-posed. Students answer that they got little feedback. But the question should first...
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McDaid, Liam
macedonfinance
Mar 7, 2008 3:08 pm
Dave Bruning sez: "As a different but similar issue is the red pen effect. I had my computational physics students do a project proposal as the first stage of...
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Paul Makinen
pmakinen_20712
Mar 7, 2008 3:08 pm
... What I'd like to know is how to express-build that kind of trust with a class in, let's say, three weeks, because you generally need to have everything...
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Michelle Krok
epic_shadow
Mar 10, 2008 3:37 pm
Dear Paul, Good question. As we all know, building trust can be especially tough in the science classroom when students walk into class having prior...
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Joann Eisberg
joann.eisberg@...
Mar 10, 2008 3:38 pm
Building trust is no harder (and no easier) in the classroom than it is in the rest of life, and you do it in just about the same way. You ARE the subject...
