IYA Discovery Guides have arrived! Introducing 12 easy ways to share the excitement of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) during 2009. Monthly IYA...
I'd like to do an inquiry-based lab where 8th graders create their own solar system on a computer and discover gravitation / Kepler's laws. Can anyone suggest...
... Take a look at http://astro.unl.edu/naap/pos/pos.html, and the whole Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project. The Planetary Orbit Simulator unit with an...
Here's something that might be fun for 8th graders: http://www.kineticcity.com/ Click on labcars: http://www.kineticcity.com/labcar/ then do the gravity launch...
Perhaps too flexible for 8th graders, but I like this one: http://www.arachnoid.com/gravitation/ Kristen Larson Physics/Astronomy Western Washington University...
Kristen Larson
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Nov 17, 2008 10:14 pm
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Hallo from South Africa The annual Moon Valley Expedition of Space School Africa has been scheduled for December 6 to 13, 2008. It is a programme that educates...
There's a clever planetary system simulator online: http://www.alienearths.org/online/starandplanetformation/planetfamilies.php It's based upon an exhibit that...
Edna DeVore
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Nov 18, 2008 8:15 pm
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I would like to personally invite you to attend our workshop on teaching excellence in introductory college-level space science and astronomy sponsored by the...
Does anyone know of a good non-technical description of what things would be like on a planet around a star near the galactic center? What the night sky would...
Well, a good written description of the night sky with a constant reference to the black hole at CG can be found in Greg Benford's Galactic Center series of...
This pbs Nova Video: Monster of the Milky way has free segments from the video online and additional resource links: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/blackhole/ ...
Hey Gang I was having a conversation with a member of Astrolrner@CAE the other day about our two courses and we got onto a discussion about our beliefs and...
Ed Prather
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Nov 19, 2008 8:49 pm
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Hi Y'All I am attempting to teach Astro 101 as a "Nature of Science" course. In fact, last semester, Debi Hanuscin (Physics Ed faculty) did a study on my...
Angela's description summarizes my approach pretty well: how do we know what we know? How can we know so much about objects so far away, that we can't go...
HI Ed, Long ago I used to teach a Project Physics Course for my mid level physics students. Some of you may know it as Harvard Project Physics. Look around...
I will start teaching (Fall ' 09) an Intro to Astrophysics at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) for non-science students and would like to be recommended...
Wilson, Ernst
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Nov 20, 2008 2:09 pm
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Hi everyone, Before we have another discussion of textbook recommendations, let me point out that the listserve recently had this discussion, and there are...
I have a lot of materials for teaching science and science vs. pseudoscience here: http://casa.colorado.edu/~dduncan/pseudoscience/ Doug Duncan ... Elizabeth...
I forward this on behalf of my department. It's just a one-course slot, but Chaffey is a good place to work, and we value quality astronomy teaching. Please...
Dear Members of the CAE Community, I thought I would pass along the good news that in its current newsletter, the American Astronomical Society has officially...
This is the news that I have been waiting for :-) I know I'll be taking advantage of this new category, and I hope a lot more folks do the same. Huzzah! Paul...
Dear Members of the CAE Community, Kevin Marvel, Executive Officer of the American Astronomical Society, has asked for help from any of us who are attending...
Hello All, Does anyone know where I can get a second hand copy of the Project SPICA astronomy teaching resources? They are out of print and I'm in Sydney...
Hi Jeff, I don't have this myself, but the American Astronomical Society has a page on their website where you can also post a request for materials ...
I am doing monthly programming at our science center for 2009 IYA. They tell me there are themes to each month, but I have not been able to find them. Does...
see attached spreadsheet with the topics/objects _______________________________________________ Dr. Angela Speck Associate Professor Physics & Astronomy ...
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