This Alien Lab activity is an inquiry based lab to introduce students to the priodic table and how its layout came to be. Is that what you want because Im...
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David Wittman
dwittman@...
Apr 30, 2012 8:15 pm
Dear astrolrners, I'm about to teaching radiometric dating for the first time. I had imagined some kind of hands-on activity with M&Ms. Each student could ...
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Meeks, Denise
dmeeks@...
Apr 30, 2012 8:17 pm
You can use this, I wrote it, and if you want the original Word doc, email me at dmeeks@... http://nw.pima.edu/dmeeks/ast101/101activ/radioactivity.pdf ...
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McDaid, Liam
macedonfinance
Apr 30, 2012 8:25 pm
David, The main conceptual problem is getting students past the idea that a sample doesn't decay to ZERO after TWO half-lives. This is the most common...
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Robet Pendzick
pendzira
May 1, 2012 3:56 am
Dave, http://local.ans.org/mi/Teacher_CD/Activities/pennium-halflife-activity.pdf Another fine 'pennium' problem, also used for isotopes.. Robert Pendzick ...
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Matt B
matt452...
May 1, 2012 3:57 am
It's more instructive if you don't do something like flip M&M's or coins, which have a 50% probability. I do it with dice with holes in them, decaying if a...
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Edward Prather
eeprather
May 1, 2012 1:14 pm
Hey Astrolrner community. I typically try to stay out of the conversations that are taking place on the list, but just can't as these topics were the subject...
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Brissenden, Gina L - ...
glbrisse@...
May 1, 2012 1:15 pm
Dear Astrolrner@CAE Community, There is an exciting opportunity for your physics or astronomy teaching assistants or postdocs to attend the upcoming Gordon...
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Paul Zeleski
pzeleski@...
May 1, 2012 1:34 pm
I've attached the requirements, grading sheet, and ppt for a scaled model of the solar system I do. I have my students actually build models, but it could be...
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Meeks, Denise
dmeeks@...
May 1, 2012 3:41 pm
http://nw.pima.edu/dmeeks/ast101/101lab/solscale.pdf Dr. Denise Meeks Science Department Chair Astronomy & Physics Faculty Northwest Campus Pima Community...
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cagarland76
May 1, 2012 6:06 pm
Elaine, Thank you for posting the suggestion about the Neil deGrasse Tyson "We Stopped Dreaming" clip. I asked my Space Science class (for pre-service...
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waiferx
May 2, 2012 3:40 am
Preview of the links students study for their current events quiz for this coming week: ...
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Shupla, Christine
shuplac
May 4, 2012 2:47 pm
I hope that the resources and information here might be useful to many of you! If you have additional suggestions for the website or the newsletter, please do...
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drcreneejames
May 4, 2012 11:25 pm
Hi, everyone- I'm in the unenviable position of being on the core curriculum committee at my university, and one of the tasks we're faced with is whether the...
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Meeks, Denise
dmeeks@...
May 5, 2012 3:27 am
We have been using an integrated lecture/lab format - two 2 hour 40 minute classes per week in which students do labs, activities, etc., and instructors can...
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Robet Pendzick
pendzira
May 5, 2012 3:28 am
Try this, http://science.education.nih.gov/houseofreps.nsf/b82d55fa138783c2852572c9004 f5566/$FILE/Appendix%20D.pdf "Recent research reports, such as How...
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Amy
etacar11
May 5, 2012 3:15 pm
Hi- I'm a little desperate right now for a good clean copy of the ABDC voting card used for think-pair-share. I need one for a demo tomorrow (Saturday). Does...
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Douglas K Duncan
valentinozip...
May 5, 2012 3:16 pm
The UTeach program (uteach.texas.edu) , one of the largest and most successful teacher prep programs in the country (the other being the University of...
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Fredericks, Amy
etacar11
May 5, 2012 3:26 pm
Thanks, everyone. I've had several responses already and I have what I need. You guys are the best! --Amy ... Amy Fredericks Montgomery College...
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Ken
kenbrandt32
May 5, 2012 5:06 pm
Astrolrner's, If you are on some of my other listservs, I apologize in advance for the cross-posting. Yes, the full moon is close to perigee. Yes it will...
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Meeks, Denise
dmeeks@...
May 6, 2012 3:41 pm
Try this: http://nw.pima.edu/dmeeks/ast101/101lab/smalangl.pdf Dr. Denise Meeks Science Department Chair Astronomy & Physics Faculty Northwest Campus Pima...
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Christopher Sirola
csirola2003
May 7, 2012 2:53 am
On the related topic of lab vs. lecture credit... we pushed through a new physical science course (one semester only) that officially has 3 credit hours of...
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fraknoi
May 8, 2012 2:13 pm
Dear Colleagues: We apologize for renewing a request, but we'd love to have your help. The ASP and NASA SMD Astrophysics Forum have developed a new "Cosmology...
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waiferx
May 9, 2012 2:18 am
Preview of the links students study for their current events quiz for this coming week: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47289413/ns/technology_and_science-space/ ...
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waiferx
May 12, 2012 1:15 am
Newest batch of multiple-choice questions (4) from this semester on the solar system, with student response distributions, and discrimination indices (point...
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waiferx
May 14, 2012 6:15 pm
Results from previous current events questions below: http://waiferx.blogspot.com/2012/05/astronomy-current-events-question-white.html ...
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waiferx
May 14, 2012 6:50 pm
As a part of an online reading assignment before their Sun/stars/galaxies/cosmology midterm, students listed three topics they found interesting (and explained...
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waiferx
May 16, 2012 12:15 am
With the adoption of a backwards faded scaffolding curriculum for astronomy lab (Slater, Slater, and Lyons, 2010), compared to a conventional "cookbook";...
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waiferx
May 19, 2012 1:12 pm
With the final exam graded, here are sample student responses (rubrics and grading distributions as well) to a new batch of essay questions. Many of these are...
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waiferx
May 20, 2012 3:58 am
Students at Cuesta College were asked to self-report their success (or lack thereof) in achieving the course learning outcomes using the Assessment of Skills...
