To everyone who has posted, I have been reading this exchange with great interest because I am currently working on lectures for dark matter and dark energy...
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Daniel Loranz
dloranz40
Jul 16, 2012 3:56 am
... I taught a moon phases, seasons, etc version of intro astro for 10 years with little to no impact on students. Three years ago I overhauled my course to...
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Douglas K Duncan
valentinozip...
Jul 16, 2012 3:56 am
Dark matter is an excellent example of science! We observe dark matter the same way we observe atoms - through their effects. If we could not see the sun we...
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kcoble
kcoble@...
Jul 16, 2012 1:52 pm
I whole-heartedly agree with what Steve said. And I've used some of Colin's materials and they really help the students. I won't repeat what Steve said,...
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Christopher Sirola
csirola2003
Jul 16, 2012 3:24 pm
My quick thoughts... * A good number of our students sign up for astronomy for this very reason - to hear about the "cool" stuff - dark matter, dark energy,...
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Ray Sanders
dearastronomer
Jul 16, 2012 5:19 pm
HI all, I'm in the process of working on a course outline and syllabus for an Online Astro 101 course I'm teaching. What I'm really curious about is: What do...
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Pauline Barmby
pbarmby@...
Jul 16, 2012 5:20 pm
Hello everyone, I recently came across something on iTunesU which I think might be of use to many of us, or our grad students. It's an MIT course on "Teaching...
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Matt B
matt452...
Jul 16, 2012 7:03 pm
Ray, For many students this is the only science course they'll ever take.  For that reason, it's important to teach not only the facts of astronomy, but...
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Ray Sanders
dearastronomer
Jul 16, 2012 7:20 pm
Dr. Bobrowsky, You make a very good point. The course is aimed at "scientifically curious" people, but not necessarily future scientists. Thanks for your...
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Robinson, Paul E.
nearbystars
Jul 16, 2012 11:52 pm
I'm disappointed that the discussion up to this point in response to Colin's post has been a sparring match over whether or not to include the topic of Dark...
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Janelle M. Bailey
janelle_bailey
Jul 17, 2012 12:13 am
Ray and others thinking about this issue, If you haven't already looked at them, you might want to review two articles that have looked at this issue. While...
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Shefali Mehta
shefym
Jul 17, 2012 5:00 pm
Hi, I've been working with the NITARP Program and had the opportunity to take several students to the AAS Meeting last January. Several of the teachers are...
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hardegkk
Jul 19, 2012 10:10 pm
Hi Shefali, Finding conference travel grants for teachers, high school students, and even undergraduate students is a tough job. I've talked with the leaders...
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RATNESH DWIVEDI
rtnsh_dwivedi
Jul 19, 2012 10:15 pm
Hi,  Just a suggestion Shefali. Try JPL(Jet Propulsion Laboratory)'s Educators grant.Its for K-12 students. Regards.  Ratnesh Dwivedi  India Mob.-+91...
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Nicolle Zellner
nicollezellner
Jul 19, 2012 11:34 pm
I would also check with your state Space Grant Consortium, which receives funding from NASA. Nicolle On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 12:35 AM, RATNESH DWIVEDI ... -- ...
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s_rolke
Jul 20, 2012 8:11 pm
I was wondering if anyone wished to share their go to movie clips used during their intro astronomy class to help demonstrate a concept? I am interested in any...
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Christopher Sirola
csirola2003
Jul 20, 2012 9:40 pm
As much as I love super-hero movies, their science (astronomy & physics) stinks. Here's a fun one: In the third X-Men movie ("X-Men United"), Magneto uses his...
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waiferx
Jul 21, 2012 3:08 am
Here are some of my movie clips, some in animated *.GIF format. "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" has two clips, one where the moon revolves around Earth...
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Bill Gutsch
bilgutsch
Jul 21, 2012 6:17 am
Susan,  I am teaching a course called Science Goes to the Movies in the fall at my university and may run into more examples as the course unfolds. For...
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zetapuppi
Jul 21, 2012 12:35 pm
I just purchased a FLIR IR camera, model E30 for $2500 to show my classes the wonders of IR. Students wearing eyeglasses saw how 'cool' they looked and other...
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russmgenet@...
Jul 21, 2012 5:28 pm
Hi Darryl, You may want to contact Bruce Holenstein who is placing a FLIR IR camera on a telescope. Bruce is at _BHolenstein@..._ ...
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Robet Pendzick
pendzira
Jul 21, 2012 5:29 pm
Darryl, Wonder if you could do a spectrum of the sun and 'see' the differences in heating due to the separation of wavelength finding the IR regions. Know ...
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Kendra Sibbernsen
ksibbern
Jul 21, 2012 5:30 pm
Darryl, I recently got a FLIR E40 with some grant money for demonstrations. We have done a few outreach demos for middle school students this summer and they...
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Joann Eisberg
joann.eisberg
Jul 22, 2012 12:01 pm
Kendra's demonstration is pretty much what I do. I formalize it slightly by giving students a sheet on which to make predictions about what objects (& people)...
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s_rolke
Jul 22, 2012 5:37 pm
Christopher, Patrick, and Bill Thank you for all of the great suggestions. I will have to check into Destination Moon and Rocketship X-M, I don't believe I...
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Carolyn Brinkworth
csb@...
Jul 22, 2012 7:32 pm
Hey folks, At Spitzer we do all of this stuff, plus a few more things: 1) Grab a food tin and paint half of it black, then fill with hot water. You'll see that...
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Douglas K Duncan
valentinozip...
Jul 22, 2012 7:33 pm
We got a FLIR donated 5 years ago and use it with museum visitors and ASTRO101 students. We do very similar things to Kendra. A key demo we do is to...
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Stanford, Darryl
zetapuppi
Jul 22, 2012 11:46 pm
Thanx very much for the ideas, everyone! Joann, I believe I will be using your lab exercise in the fall semester and will acknowledge that the basis of the...
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Douglas K Duncan
valentinozip...
Jul 23, 2012 3:20 pm
I'm sure you would do this, but just to be safe: With adults we use the big plastic trash bag, with kids we have cut it to be just a big plastic sheet. Some...
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pendzick@...
pendzira
Jul 24, 2012 3:58 pm
Even thought "transistion" eye glasses are designed to change and block UV wonder what changes the FLIR camera would show in the IR as the lens changed? Robert...
