September 10th abstract deadline for AGU sessions! Please post to your listserv(s) this call for abstracts for the following 2 AGU education sessions: Consider...
The El Camino College astronomy department is looking for an astronomy teacher to teach an 8-week "Solar System" course. (Astronomy 20 in our catalog.) The...
Hello everyone. Towson University is now hiring for an elementary science education position for Fall 2009. The position is housed in the Department of ...
Hello everyone. Towson University is now hiring for an secondary science education position for Fall 2009. (Note that this is separate from the elementary...
I'd like to improve the way I teach the scientific method in my intro astro courses. Previously I gave my students a scenario (a locally known phenomenon...
I teach the scientific method quite extensively in introductory astronomy. The materials are available here: http://casa.colorado.edu/~dduncan/pseudoscience/ ...
I found Dr. Duncan's website a while back and I'm incorporating much of what he has into my own classes. Thank you sir for the outstanding work. I look forward...
"Obscurtainers" (http://www.lab-aids.com/catalog.php?item=100) provide a wonderful activity for teaching how science works. The students really get into it and...
I've put together a PowerPoint lecture on the nature of science as well as a couple of tutorial-style in-class activities that I'd be happy to share with you...
I should have added to my quick post about scientific method: Last spring I joined the Community of Astronomy Teaching Scholars (CATS) group run out of the U....
I created a lecture (modified Word - I don't do PPT) about this. It's based on a number of sources, and the critical thinking part is culled from Sagan's...
Hi All, A few months ago Ed and I posted a request asking what you would tell the head of NASA education that NASA could provide you to improve your teaching ...
I am very much interested in Brian s power point presentation on natural science. Can uou please send me the PPT. best regards Venugopalan Muralidharan CEO &...
In a message dated 9/14/2008 2:14:49 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, prof_bri01@... writes: I've put together a PowerPoint lecture on the nature of science...
CRMallory@...
Sep 17, 2008 11:05 am
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Next term I will be teaching introductory astronomy for science & engineering students. The pre-requisite is first year university physics so it will have a...
I'm probably out of date on this, but I know that for many years Shu's "Physical Universe" was the standard text for intro to astronomy for majors. Zeilik and...
I agree C&O is very expensive, but it is practically the only up-to- date option out there for a class like that. Have you considered one of their "splits"...
Textbooks at that level mostly suck. I have used 3 different textbooks in different semesters, but I am not entirely happy with any of them I used: Zeilik &...
Magdalena, I appreciate the problem you're facing. I would suggest, if you feel confident enough to pursue this path, that you use an introductory text (I am...
I am using Foundations of Astronomy by Seeds. In my opinion, this book has everything you need for a good introductory course on the level you are looking...
The other old farts in the crowd will probably think of Abell's text as a great example of a more quantitative astronomy book for science majors. There have...
I know I've seen a two volume version of the Carroll & Ostlie book that seems to pretty much chop the big book in half. You might consider looking for them if...
Dan Lyons
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Sep 17, 2008 7:57 pm
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After watching the video below (well worth the hour spent), I am beginning to think of projects and questions in new ways. (It showed me ways we can use...
Hi everyone, I know a lot has been said about this already, but I wanted to give a perspective from a former student... I took a class that sounds a lot like...
Magdalen started a very interesting discussion regarding what textbooks to use for a more advanced audience (science and engineering majors). This got me...
I'd love to see the wiki happen (and no I am not volunteering...) Textbooks are an issue at all levels - and Rajib is correct, the aim of the class should have...
I too have used Zeilik and Gregory, and found it sort of so so. I have also used Carroll and Ostlie, and I think it would be better for students with a little...
Hi All, Posting to this group for better distribution of this interesting workshop. Kev. ********* Good morning, Heidi Schweingruber, Interim Director for the...
I think a wiki would be a great idea, but as far as I know it would require a server and an administrator. If you want a new media way to talk about moon...
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