Last weekend I was considering our recent AAS discussion, and thought about my experiences at AAS meetings over the years. This led me to look through past...
For three years I have been addressing the lack of understanding of the nature of science by explicitly discussing "science vs. pseudoscience" when I teach the...
Tom, thanks much for doing this compilation! Will be a great reference as well as show the evolution of the education movement. Re your points about AAS...
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Aug 5, 2008 11:03 pm
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Dear Group Members: Doug Duncan's very interesting post on teaching the nature of science reminded me that perhaps a number of people participating in this ...
The ASP skeptic guide does not have any info on the current 2012 nonsense (I'm sure most of you know what I am talking about). I did start to get questions...
The shifting of Earth's magnetic field has been reported on PBS's Nova, "Magnetic Storm" aired Nov. 18, 2003. It reported that the data showed in some...
Hi Angela, Yes! Please send me some ammunition. I have no doubt I will be deluged for explanations of the forthcoming apocalypse in 2012. Cheerio, Mike ._ ...
Michael Inglis
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Aug 7, 2008 2:02 pm
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After the posts about attachments - I don't want to send attachments to this email... So I'm going to paste in a few thing One thing you should all do is to...
Wow Angela, some people have good imaginations. Maybe he should put his "talents" into a sci fi book! He never states what the name of the "dark star" is,...
Angela, Some ammunition against this drivel would be most valuable since I seldom have the time in my class to address many of these issues. As I sit here...
The Earth's magnetic field has reversed numerous times over the geologic record. In fact, the observations of magnetic reversals in the basalt which underlies...
All, I'd like to point to additional resources for teaching the nature of science. These can be purchased in hard copy, or downloaded free as PDFs. "Teaching...
Edna DeVore
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Aug 7, 2008 6:19 pm
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I teach "astro 101" in large undergraduate classes and APOD (and the links) is one of my great sources of images. I usually show APOD on the screen during the...
Here's my standard response to people who are concerned about the end of the world: 100% of the people who have predicted the end of the world have, so far,...
Much of this (except for the Mayan connection) is a rehash of the Planet X scare from 2000. Here is Phil Plait's set of Bad Astronomy pages on this: ...
Thanx Jatila I actually already have a lot of material on magnetic field reversals and shifts in general - I teach about it in an upper level course. I'll...
I would like to share an animated stellar evolutionary sequence of a 15 Solar Mass star that I have produced using Photoshop and PowerPoint. I have used this...
All, Dr. David Morrison authors the "Ask and Astrobiologist" website for the NASA Astrobiology Institute. Recently, he commented that he's received several...
Edna DeVore
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Aug 8, 2008 6:03 pm
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That's pretty great. I would be interested in getting in my email the audio version. Jim Caffey Missouri State University caffey1@... From: Tom...
Thanks, Tom! Where did you get the times given in the bottom of the animation? I created a flash animation several semesters back that steps through the dying...
Edna, I sent out a message on this same topic (Nibiru) yesterday as well, but I got a message today saying it was blocked pending moderator review because it...
Bingamon, John
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Aug 9, 2008 10:46 pm
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Thanks, Jim and Nick! I'll put the audio-enabled version of the production up on a private folder and will send you a private email when it's ready. It's...
Hi John I'd love to see your analysis of the YouTube link I posted. You are correct - it is very easy to pick holes in it - but most of the people watching in...
First of all, my apologies to Edna and rest of group: my message was meant to be a private one, but forgot the "reply to" default for astrolrner was to...
Bingamon, John
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Aug 12, 2008 3:51 pm
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I haven't heard about Nibiru until now, but considering the 2012 date of the expected collision, it sounds like a lot of other 2012 Apocalypse theories: The...
Please post to your listserv(s) this call for abstracts for the following 2 AGU education sessions: Consider submitting abstracts to these 2 education sessions...
We have been assigning homework on the Mastering Astronomy web site for our introductory astronomy class at Wake Forest for the past year. There have been some...
Hi All - I'm interested in opinions on the following. I have an opportunity to begin using an RF student response system in my classes. At the moment, when...
I have been using a PRS (personal response system) for about two years and I think it is well worth the initial effort of setting the clickers up. One benefit...
I used an RF data response system in my class last semester and it was great. The way I have it set up is that I use a separate computer for the clickers and...
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