... Tina - I even referenced it in my dissertation. (Which is also not available online - Coming Soon!) Just for the record, my dissertation is "Enhancing...
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Dr T F Slater
tslater@...
Sep 17, 2002 7:39 pm
Ah so Rebecca (the annointed lunar phase Dr. Guru), you have a copy? (or did you reference it without reading it perhaps? **wink** Tim ... well ... ...
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Rebecca Lindell
rlindel@...
Sep 17, 2002 7:43 pm
... I have a copy, because Tina sent it to me right after she defended. R...
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Joe Heafner
betapict
Sep 17, 2002 10:25 pm
... I'd love to see 'em both! :-) Cheers, Joe Heafner - Instructional Astronomy and Physics Home Page http://users.vnet.net/heafnerj/index.html I don't have a...
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Tina Fanetti
snupnhomer
Sep 17, 2002 11:11 pm
I believe my advisor gave her a copy...or maybe I did.... ... Tina Tina Fanetti Physics Instructor Western Iowa Technical Community College 4647 Stone Ave ...
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Tina Fanetti
snupnhomer
Sep 17, 2002 11:35 pm
Apparently my specific instruction on the causes of the seasons did not sink in all the way. The students got that it is the tilt, length of the day, height of...
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Adrienne J. Gauthier
ajg2w@...
Sep 17, 2002 11:56 pm
hi Tina - I have some all-inclusive "seasons" modules that I have written (with Randy Bell, SciEd at UVa) for K-12 teachers (but completely applicable as a lab...
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Tina Fanetti
snupnhomer
Sep 18, 2002 12:12 am
sniff sniff we don't have starry night...I think I can "borrow" a copy of Voyager or SkyChart..I think it came with the book... Thanks tho... Tina Tina Fanetti...
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Adrienne J. Gauthier
ajg2w@...
Sep 18, 2002 12:36 am
it can work with any planetarium program really :) or you can download the trial version of Starry Night (good for two weeks), www.starrynight.com, and make...
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Ed Prather
eprather@...
Sep 18, 2002 12:52 am
On the topic of Seasons for those that only have the time and instructional setting for lecture and don't have Starry night or alike. One way to encourage your...
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Vakil, David
dvakil@...
Sep 18, 2002 1:46 am
Hi everyone - I think this is my first post to the group, so bear with me. I'm not always concise... But I've been reading these posts for 2+ years. Time for...
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Tina Fanetti
snupnhomer
Sep 18, 2002 2:25 am
That is in essence what I did initially I asked each student what they thought caused the seasons and wrote down all the answers on the board. Then we went...
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Tina Fanetti
snupnhomer
Sep 18, 2002 2:31 am
... edition of the book? We're all ears.<< I was discussing telescopes with my students and talking about how big they were and the students had that glazed...
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Cheri Morrow
camorrow@...
Sep 18, 2002 6:20 am
Hi Tina, I'd like to recommend our Kinesthetic Astronomy approach to seasons. Coupled with an appropriate prelude on the scale of the Earth-Sun system...
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Shawl, Steve
sjshawl
Sep 18, 2002 3:43 pm
... There are two ways one can proceed through a career: by working to become comfortable, or by continuously searching for better ways to do things and thus...
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Tim Slater
astronomer_tim
Sep 18, 2002 3:54 pm
If you don't illict, confront, and resolve the distance from sun issue right from the beginning, they will incorporate it into any new knowledge they learn in...
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Tina Fanetti
snupnhomer
Sep 18, 2002 4:09 pm
Tim, Is the last page of that attachment supposed to be blank? Tina Tina Fanetti Physics Instructor Western Iowa Technical Community College 4647 Stone Ave ...
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Ed Prather
eprather@...
Sep 18, 2002 6:05 pm
Hey Tina, No worries Tina there is nothing missing. The last page of the LT on the path of the Sun is supposed to be blank. It is an even page that inserted ...
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Joe Heafner
betapict
Sep 18, 2002 6:21 pm
... Speaking of the Lecture Tutorials, I used one of these about two weeks ago (the one on seasonal visiblity of the constellations). It worked great and the...
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dvakil
dvakil@...
Sep 18, 2002 7:06 pm
Steve, The way I've chosen to describe Moon phases in an easy-to-remember way follows. The need for the "lie" about the Sun being in the north will be clear. ...
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dvakil
dvakil@...
Sep 18, 2002 7:14 pm
The Great Ideas for Teaching Astronomy (By Stephen Pompea, copyright 2000 by Brooks/Cole) that is sitting in front of me right now has "Third edition" written...
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Michael Zeilik
mzeilik@...
Sep 19, 2002 2:57 pm
Steve describes an effective learning stratetgy that is another version of coop learning. Larry Michaelsen at the Univ. of Oklahoma has put a lot of effort...
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Rachel Connolly
connolly@...
Sep 19, 2002 3:02 pm
I just wanted to let you know of some resources that I use for teaching seasonal cycles, some of which you might already know of. The first is from the...
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Tina Fanetti
snupnhomer
Sep 19, 2002 5:20 pm
Hi all In about a week or so, I am going to start talking about the planets in class. My question is 1. Is it better to spend lots of time on each planet or ...
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Tina Fanetti
snupnhomer
Sep 19, 2002 5:34 pm
What's a good way to describe how a CCD works to introductory students? I tried explaining the way I was taught...light buckets on conveyer belts....but the...
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Jacob Noel-Storr
noelstoj
Sep 19, 2002 6:04 pm
If you want to try a CCD activity... Have the students set up a grid of paper cups (say 8 by 8) on the floor. Standing above the cups have a student drop a...
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Dave Bruning
david.bruning@...
Sep 19, 2002 6:13 pm
... I do both. I used to try to do comparative approaches only, but I found that the students didn't have a good sense about the planets. So now I start out...
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Joe Heafner
betapict
Sep 19, 2002 10:20 pm
... Don't do this! It's boring to "teach" and it's boring to "learn". ... Do this, but in the process concentrate on the basic physics of solar system...
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Tina Fanetti
snupnhomer
Sep 19, 2002 11:26 pm
... You're kidding right? No way can i bring in the physics of solar system formation....I don't even know how to put it at their level.... Tina Tina Fanetti ...
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Tom Olien
tom.olien@...
Sep 20, 2002 12:12 am
Tina I vote for compare. Let them go for details from text, web or many software packages. I have my students ( elective Astronomy at community college) write...
