Improving Introductory Science Teaching for Non-Science Majors: A Hands-On Workshop on Teaching Strategies and Assessment Techniques Sunday, 2 June,...
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Rainer Wackermann
wackermann@...
May 16, 2002 6:02 am
Dear Astrofolks: I am searching for a way to show students that constellations are just a perspective effect of several stars at different distances to the...
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Kenneth Carlson
kcarl50@...
May 16, 2002 10:58 am
Yes, I do. Classroom size and also one small enough for each student to build. Ken...
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Dennis Erickson
derickson@...
May 16, 2002 12:59 pm
I saw a computer animation somewhere--perhaps Astronomy Village. DE ... ADVERTISEMENT [Click Here!] ... -- /*\ /*\ /*\ /*\ /*\ /*\ /*\ /*\ ...
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Jacob Noel-Storr
noelstoj
May 16, 2002 1:30 pm
You can get a 3D fly around of Orion from http://terpsichore.stsci.edu/~summers/viz/starsplatter/orion/orion.html If you want to build your own... Give each...
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Vinski, Jerome
jvinski@...
May 16, 2002 1:43 pm
Hi All, I use a 3-D model of the Big Dipper. I got it from a Planetarium teacher about 20 years ago. If you want it I can send it to you. However, a better ...
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Mary Kay Hemenway
marykay@...
May 16, 2002 2:03 pm
IN reply to: Message: 1 Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 00:00:21 -0600 From: Rainer Wackermann <wackermann@...> Subject: 3D-Model of a constellation ...
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Sheron Snyder
snyders@...
May 16, 2002 5:19 pm
Check out the activity in "Universe at your finger tips" It has all the needed info and direction for elementary up. available thru ASP The price is WELL worth...
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Tim Slater
astronomer_tim
May 16, 2002 5:23 pm
PROJECT STAR activities books have some cool string and bead models....Tim ... From: "Dennis Erickson" <derickson@...> To:...
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Ed Prather
eprather@...
May 16, 2002 5:28 pm
Hey Noel, that Orion mpeg is pretty cool. I think my students would like it a lot. I could imagine using it to ask a set of engaging questions about scale or...
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Alec MacKinnon
a.mackinnon@...
May 20, 2002 9:25 am
On 3D constellations, my colleague Mark Toner (mark00@...) suggests 3-D spectacles: You can generate your own 3D red/blue images at ...
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astrolrner@yahoogroup...
May 23, 2002 8:14 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the astrolrner group. File : / Click...
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Michael Zeilik
mzeilik@...
May 28, 2002 1:46 pm
Astro Folks: Classroom Assessment Techniques in Astronomy to Improve Learning Michael Zeilik The University of New Mexico Are your students learning what you...
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Amir Bernat
amir_bernat
Jun 4, 2002 5:14 pm
Hi if any of you is from Israel or should "happen to be" in Israel during next friday you are wellcome to join a star party i'm organizing in the south of ...
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einstone2001
Jun 6, 2002 1:37 pm
I have to APOLOGIZE to all you folks for the screw up on my web page. I've been hard at work for the past week extensively revamping so everything's right and...
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Dr T F Slater
tslater@...
Jul 19, 2002 8:56 pm
Subject: Sending astronomy/physics education papers to www.arxiv.org ... Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 17:07:34 -0400 From: "Michael C. Wittmann"...
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Joe Heafner
betapict
Sep 4, 2002 12:34 pm
Hi. I need some software that will let me simulate the sky from an Earth whose obliquity is zero. Ideally, I should be able to do anything that the traditional...
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Joe Heafner
betapict
Sep 16, 2002 6:50 pm
Hi All. I've not seen very much traffic on this list lately. Last Friday, I gave the following quiz: Explain in a single, grammatically and syntactically...
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Ed Prather
eprather@...
Sep 16, 2002 7:01 pm
Hey Joe, Have you ever considered giving your students a pre/post of the Lunar Phases Concept Inventory (LPCI) test? It is intended to help diagnose the...
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Rachel Connolly
connolly@...
Sep 16, 2002 7:13 pm
Ed, I have looked online unsuccessfully for a copy of the LPCI test. Do you know where one is available for download? Thank you, Rachel ...
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Ed Prather
eprather@...
Sep 16, 2002 7:19 pm
Hey Rachel, As much as I'd like to send you and electronic copy, I don't think I am allowed to (right Rebecca?) . The LPCI "Controller" is Rebecca Lindell,...
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Rebecca Lindell
rlindel@...
Sep 16, 2002 8:13 pm
Wow! I get back from teaching and there is all this traffic out there about the LPCI. Cool! The LPCI is currently not available on the web, because I am in...
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Joe Heafner
betapict
Sep 16, 2002 8:55 pm
... I've used the ADT for a few years, but I've never heard of the LPCI. Where may I get a copy? Cheers, Joe Heafner - Instructional Astronomy and Physics Home...
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Joe Heafner
betapict
Sep 16, 2002 8:58 pm
... I'm very interested in testing this instrument. However, we're in the fifth week of the semester and just finished lunar phases. I can do a post test in...
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Tom Olien
tom.olien@...
Sep 17, 2002 3:33 am
Hello Dr. Rebecca Lindell and the rest of the group I am new to the AstroLrner list, but have arrived in the middle of this discussion of moon observations and...
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Tina Fanetti
snupnhomer
Sep 17, 2002 1:19 pm
I'd just like to remind everyone that my masters thesis did cover lunar phases and that I believe student misconceptions on the Lunar phases is because they...
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Tim Slater
astronomer_tim
Sep 17, 2002 3:20 pm
Dear Tina: Did you ever get a chance to post your thesis online? We'd LOVE to read it! Tim ... From: "Tina Fanetti" <FanettT@...> To:...
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Tim Slater
astronomer_tim
Sep 17, 2002 3:29 pm
Ex-nihilo: Obstacles Surrounding Teaching the Standard Model Authors: Kevin A. Pimbblet Comments: 6 pages. Accepted for publication in Physics Ed Subj-class:...
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Ed Prather
eprather@...
Sep 17, 2002 3:33 pm
Tina that sounds like an interesting investigating and interpretation of your results. Tim's right, our group (CAPER) would love to find out more info on your...
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Tina Fanetti
snupnhomer
Sep 17, 2002 3:50 pm
Really? Someone other than my advisors want to read it?? If you have a place to post it online I would be more than happy to post it. Tina Tina Fanetti ...
