A National Symposium on Teaching Astronomy for Non-science Majors July 16 - 18, 2004 on the campus of Tufts University A 3-day hands-on symposium on teaching ...
Hello all, I am a graduate student in astronomy & education at the University of Michigan. I am currently developing a 6-week middle school curriculum on...
... It's not, really. It depends on what you're taking the average of -- but something like 90% of the stars in the Galaxy are smaller, cooler, less massive,...
Robert A. Knop Jr.
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Feb 15, 2004 4:53 pm
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Position announcement: Assistant Professor, Geoscience Education The Department of Geography and the Office of Science and Math Education at Southern Illinois...
Julia, In response to your astrolrner post, my bias in astronomy education places emphasis on observable phenomenon. Rather than say "I'm going to teach about...
... places ... teach ... can ... Yes, that would be an interesting perspective to take. This unit will certainly be inquiry based. And I think that there are...
I'm teaching a 30 hour astronomy short course this summer to gifted 7th through 9th graders and also a 15 hour astronomy short course to gifted 4th through 6th...
Go to >http://handsonuniverse.org and download everything in site to fit your age group. Focus on the Hands-On Universe Solar System stuff. Yes, you will have...
RE: Good Texts I am planning to use Sky and Telescope as the text in my undergraduate astronomy survey course this fall. S and T offers a 1 year on-line ...
Greetings, Tim Slater, Gina Brissenden and others started a database of journal articles in astronomy education. This was hosted on a server at the Univ. of...
Dave Bruning
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Mar 5, 2004 12:37 am
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I recently noticed that there is a variation in how I use the words "young" and "old". I'm not an astronomer, so I can easily slip into poor or inconsistent...
I think most astronomers discuss such things in terms of the object's redshift. When they write or speak for the general public, they will often "translate" to...
Yes, I also speak of redshifts. But would an object with high redshift be an "old" object or a "young" object? BTW I noticed that the heading of your reply...
I would tend to use distance as the descriptor when describing quasars/galaxies. BUT if one is trying to describe the earliest formed galaxies (describing ...
Dave Bruning
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Mar 5, 2004 7:15 pm
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Yes, some servers are routinely labeling items coming from listserv servers as spam. Frustrating, now not only do you have to pull the spam out of the good ...
Tom Olien
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Mar 5, 2004 9:21 pm
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... My apologies for the Spam label. I replied from my office computer, and my school district's IT department has a spam filter that labels suspicious...
... When speaking to the public or school groups in the planetarium setting, I speak of distances (to M31, for example) in terms of light years, and explain...
The American Museum of Natural History is seeking a Program Manager and an Assistant Program Manager position for its ongoing educational and outreach programs...
Rachel Connolly
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Mar 12, 2004 3:16 pm
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Here is some information from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey outreach/education section -- they have some nice projects set-up for a range of student levels...
Catherine Garland
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Mar 18, 2004 1:10 pm
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... Dr. Edward E. Prather Assistant Research Scientist University of Arizona Steward Observatory 933 N Cherry Ave. Tucson, AZ 85721 ph: 520-621-6530 fax:...
Ed Prather
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Mar 26, 2004 1:35 pm
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Excellence in Science Education A EPO Excellence Symposium in Boulder, CO Evening Reception on Wednesday, April 28, 7-9:30pm, Boulder Broker Inn All Day...
ASTRONOMY TEACHING WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT May 29-30, 2004 in Denver, Colorado (9am-5pm) Prior to the American Astronomical Society Meeting June 21-23, 2004 in...
I have yet to find an Astro 101 textbook that I like. To be more precise, I like a lot of them, a lot, but I have yet to see one which I think is right for...
Robert A. Knop Jr.
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May 27, 2004 4:55 pm
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If the class is for non-astronomy majors, why use a text at all? There are some "popular" press books that might do even better than a text, precisely because...
kenneth Carlson
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May 27, 2004 6:22 pm
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Wow! Reading your message made me think that I've found a friend :-) I completely agree with everything you said. Personally, I am looking for "Physics By...
Hey Aaron, I might have a partial solution. Although its not the astronomy match for PBI exactly. We (the CAPER team) spent the last three years developing...
Ed Prather
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May 27, 2004 10:03 pm
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hello, i would like to recive your advice or some advice on how can i get help... fisrt off, im from Israel , so please excuse my poor spelling. i have recntly...
I have to agree with Ed. The CAPER team with Ed and Tim has the right track. I took their course last summer in Hawaii, and it made a huge difference to the...
The textbooks should only be used as reference books. The learning happens when there is true involvement, discussion, and inquiry. Disclosure: I'm a textbook...
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