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2481 Speck, Angela
akspeck Send Email
Apr 1, 2009
7:23 pm
I thought there might be some astrolrnr people interested in this… From: Anne Egger [mailto:annegger@...] We are writing to invite you to...
2482 schuang_us Send Email Apr 5, 2009
3:32 am
Sinclair Community College <http://www.sinclair.edu/> Physics Department <http://www.sinclair.edu/academics/sme/departments/phy/index.cfm> is currently...
2483 Wilson, Ernst
ewilson@... Send Email
Apr 9, 2009
1:16 pm
In search of good telescopes (for purchase) for our Astrophysics class! any idea, anyone? Ernst Wilson Assistant Professor, Aviation Science Coordinator, Space...
2484 Carrie Nugent
cnugent@... Send Email
Apr 10, 2009
2:03 am
Hi everyone-- This is more of a new teacher question than an astronomy question, but I'm hoping you can help me out. I'm a TA, and I run two discussion ...
2485 jmwalawender Send Email Apr 10, 2009
2:03 am
Hi Ernst, Can you tell us a little about what you want to do with the telescopes? Visual or CCD work? Permanently mounted or portable? Things like that. ...
2486 suffolk-warasila
lswpub Send Email
Apr 10, 2009
12:34 pm
Carrie, I commend you on your desire to change this "chemistry&quot; and assure you that what you are experiencing has happened to us all. I taught physics &...
2487 Kendra Sibbernsen
ksibbern Send Email
Apr 10, 2009
2:09 pm
Carrie, Your question of motivation is one that all teachers face. You asked, "How do I get rid of the gloom that has infected my second class? Can I?" You can...
2488 Wilson, Ernst
ewilson@... Send Email
Apr 10, 2009
2:10 pm
Hello Josh, thank you for your reply. visual and portable; that would be the plan now. regards Ernst Wilson Tel : 252-335-3741 Fax: 252-335-3760 ...
2489 Noreen Grice
youcandoastr... Send Email
Apr 10, 2009
2:36 pm
An Astroscan telescope is very portable...and under $200 I believe...we use it as a back-up for busy nights in the observatory and with a solar filter for...
2490 jmwalawender Send Email Apr 10, 2009
8:04 pm
... Hi Ernst, For this sort of application, I prefer a well made refractor as it won't need collimation and will cool down quickly and so you can do planetary...
2491 fziksman@...
fziksman Send Email
Apr 10, 2009
8:05 pm
Great suggestions Kendra.  I especially like the ending where you say don't beat yourself up.  It is one of the faults of good teachers.  If you don't care...
2492 Mary Kay Hemenway
marykay@... Send Email
Apr 14, 2009
11:32 am
Most of the summer workshops at McDonald Observatory do not have a fee attached, and they do not provide transportion. Although the deadline has passed,...
2493 Kristen Larson
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Apr 17, 2009
2:36 am
Dear members of the astrolrnr community, I am a member of the Astro2010 study group on Computation, Simulation, and Data Handling (CDH). The Astro2010 Decadal...
2494 pnewbury14 Send Email Apr 17, 2009
5:33 pm
If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend you read the new paper by Prather et al. (including the CAE moderator - nice work, Gina) about the positive...
2495 Gina Brissenden
gina_brissenden Send Email
Apr 17, 2009
8:09 pm
Thanks, Peter! You hit the nail on the head with your comment about one of the key findings our paper was trying to show: that having research-validated...
2496 Gina Brissenden
gina_brissenden Send Email
Apr 20, 2009
5:36 pm
Hi All, Since Peter's posting about our recent article, "A national study assessing the teaching and learning of introductory astronomy. Part I. The effect of...
2497 Gina Brissenden
gina_brissenden Send Email
Apr 21, 2009
1:01 pm
Dear Members of the Great CAE Community, We at CAE are very excited to be offering a Tier II workshop in Maui 11-12 July 2009!! So, mark those calendars, get...
2498 drcreneejames Send Email Apr 21, 2009
5:13 pm
Hi- I've been looking for some resources regarding the transparency of Earth's atmosphere, specifically the "cool" fact that we can actually SEE through the...
2499 Rajib Ganguly
ganguly2001 Send Email
Apr 21, 2009
6:06 pm
Hi,      I remember a talk any years ago by Frank Shu where he made the claim that the wavelength that our eyes are sensitive to are essentially a function...
2500 David Wittman
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Apr 21, 2009
6:57 pm
Hi all, The Prather et al paper discussed here in recent days certainly was interesting. I'd like to comment on one thing mentioned briefly in the...
2501 McDaid, Liam
macedonfinance Send Email
Apr 21, 2009
7:08 pm
Hi, Maybe my info is wrong, but I thought that the Sun gave off about half of its BB radiation in the IR. This wouldn't change anything because the IR is a...
2502 Alexander L. Rudolph
reindeer91 Send Email
Apr 22, 2009
2:21 am
Off the top of my head (so this could easily be wrong): electronic transitions from the ground state tend to be UV, while vibrational transitions of molecules...
2503 snupnhomer@...
tinanhomer Send Email
Apr 22, 2009
10:51 am
Have you searched ERIC?   The biggest problem with these surveys is how they define science and attitude. Tina ... From: David Wittman...
2504 Pendzick
pendzira Send Email
Apr 22, 2009
11:11 am
Alexander has it correct, for a simple resource try http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/GBSSCI/PHYS/Class/light/u12l2c.html also don't forget that some insects and...
2505 Shupla, Christine
shuplac Send Email
Apr 22, 2009
7:29 pm
Hi! I like the discussion on this and wanted to share a couple of other thoughts regarding "the transparency of Earth's atmosphere, specifically the cool fact...
2506 Christopher Sirola
csirola2003 Send Email
Apr 22, 2009
7:30 pm
Hi, David, folks. Here's some thoughts regarding attitude surveys: Some colleagues & I published results of attitude surveys for a physical science course...
2507 Ed Prather
eprather@... Send Email
Apr 22, 2009
8:05 pm
Great discussion about the nature of light and Earth's Atmosphere. John Keller, when he was a grad student here at UofAz did a portion of his dissertation on...
2508 sjshawl Send Email Apr 22, 2009
9:19 pm
An easy way to see what fraction of a blackbody's radiation comes from wavelengths shorter than some given wavelength is given in a table in Allen's...
2509 Nick Strobel
strobelnick Send Email
Apr 22, 2009
9:23 pm
Evolution still might have had eyes develop that were sensitive in the infrared but they'd have to be darn good distinguishers of the infrared colors because...
2510 Karen Lewis
ktlewis_astro Send Email
Apr 22, 2009
9:55 pm
Hi, What a fun discussion! Do animals that see in the IR actually distinguish much?  The resolution gets worse for longer wavelength light. However, I do...
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