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...
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Adam Jensen
adamixoye
Jul 26, 2012 4:30 pm
I don't know if these are what you're looking for, as they do not necessarily demonstrate *fundamental* physics concepts like Newton's laws; rather, they are...
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Constance Walker
astro_knome
Jul 26, 2012 4:30 pm
Please share this information with science educators in your area and scientists working with science educators. If you have access to an appropriate listserv,...
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Mr Martenis
mrmartenis...
Jul 26, 2012 4:31 pm
Hi folks, Last year I tried out some of the backward-faded-scaffolding activities from "Engaging in Astronomical Inquiry" and I was pretty happy. I was...
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Kendra Sibbernsen
ksibbern
Jul 26, 2012 7:08 pm
Paul, I developed a BFS lab for stellar color and spectra using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) for use in my online astronomy labs. My students seem to...
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Kristine Washburn
kristinewash...
Jul 26, 2012 9:34 pm
Hi Paul, Here's a copy of the BFS lab I just gave my Astro 101 students. It uses the plastic handheld spectrometers. I'm thinking of re-writing it to use the ...
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Stanford, Darryl
zetapuppi
Jul 27, 2012 4:30 am
Robert, That's a good idea. I even have a Herschel thermometer setup and I can play around with different backgrounds and use the FLIR camera to characterize...
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Alexander L. Rudolph
reindeer91
Jul 27, 2012 5:10 pm
Robert, That's a good idea. I even have a Herschel thermometer setup and I can play around with different backgrounds and use the FLIR camera to characterize...
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Bill Gutsch
bilgutsch
Jul 27, 2012 5:10 pm
Susan, Not sure I mentioned it but there are also some books in which you or your students might be interested. Hollywood Science Lab Coats in Hollywood...
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Amy Forestell
amyforestell
Jul 27, 2012 10:12 pm
I am also interested in using these activities, but I have the problem of not having a lab section at all. One option is to figure out a way to do them during...
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Katie J. Berryhill
kjberryhill
Jul 28, 2012 1:28 pm
I use the BFS labs in an online course, and it works quite well. Some students need a bit of guidance at the beginning (some tend to overthink), but you would...
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Kendra Sibbernsen
ksibbern
Jul 29, 2012 2:16 am
Amy, The exercises usually take students a couple of hours to complete so they would be pretty involved homework assignments. If I were in your situation, I...
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Steve Cooperman
skyemany2k
Jul 31, 2012 1:51 pm
VERY, very cool! Check out: http://codementum.org/exoplanets/ It's the interactive version of: http://xkcd.com/1071/ Ad astra,...
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jessicalair
Jul 31, 2012 2:01 pm
Hi Everyone, I have been given permission to purchase a IR camera for my department. I was wondering if you all would be willing to give me your opinion on...
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Stanford, Darryl
zetapuppi
Jul 31, 2012 6:19 pm
Hi Jessica, We just purchased a FLIR camera this Spring semester from Instrumart ( http://www.instrumart.com/products/34284/flir-e30-compact-infrared-camera)....
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jessicalair
Aug 1, 2012 3:08 pm
Hi Darryl, Thank you so much for the input! I am also a Mac user so that tip is very helpful. What video capture device do you use?...
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drcreneejames
Aug 1, 2012 6:35 pm
Hi, everyone- Must be summer, because I keep thinking of a million cool things to do in class (that I will likely never implement because it'll be crazy once...
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drcreneejames
Aug 1, 2012 6:36 pm
Hi, everyone. I've got some light questions again. Show of hands - who uses or explains Herschel's IR experiment, where you put a thermometer at various points...
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Robet Pendzick
pendzira
Aug 1, 2012 8:10 pm
Near Infrared (NIR) can transmit through glass. Most likely when you show off IR not passing through glass you have a much longer wavelength being produced....
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Ryan S. Lynch
astr_ryan
Aug 1, 2012 8:49 pm
I have done a similar experiment with several groups using UV-sensitive color changing beads and sunscreens. The students do a blind experiment where they are...
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Stanford, Darryl
zetapuppi
Aug 2, 2012 1:09 am
Hi Jessica, I used the 'Orion Video Capture Device for Mac OSX ' from Orion Telescopes. Here is the URL: ...
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McDaid, Liam
macedonfinance
Aug 2, 2012 2:44 pm
Renee, Why not just use the UV beads? http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/product/color-changing-uv-beads Experiment:...
