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 ...
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...
Dave, http://local.ans.org/mi/Teacher_CD/Activities/pennium-halflife-activity.pdf Another fine 'pennium' problem, also used for isotopes.. Robert Pendzick ...
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...
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 - ...
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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
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Try this, http://science.education.nih.gov/houseofreps.nsf/b82d55fa138783c2852572c9004 f5566/$FILE/Appendix%20D.pdf "Recent research reports, such as How...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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/ ...
Newest batch of multiple-choice questions (4) from this semester on the solar system, with student response distributions, and discrimination indices (point...
As a part of an online reading assignment before their Sun/stars/galaxies/cosmology midterm, students listed three topics they found interesting (and explained...
With the adoption of a backwards faded scaffolding curriculum for astronomy lab (Slater, Slater, and Lyons, 2010), compared to a conventional "cookbook";...
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...
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...
Students were asked the following questions after the last lecture, but prior to the final exam, in an online reading assignment: *Discuss the most interesting...
Results of a pre- and post-instruction question on attitudes towards astrology ("I believe astrology is able to make accurate predictions about my future"): ...
