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...
Hello fellow astronomy educators, A couple months ago I posted some questions about a curriculum I am in the process of developing, and I am hoping again to...
collisions of celestial objects. If you do decide on the above theme I recommend you get a gravity simulator computer program. I use Gravatation Ltd. for the...
derickson@...
Jun 12, 2004 10:22 pm
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Hi Dennis, Thanks for the suggestion. I used a program such as you described in an introductory astronomy lab (college) a few years back that was quite a bit...
... (snip) ... Because all those that can, have. (More or less-- the impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 into Jupiter is a good example of ongoing planetary...
Storrs, Alex
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Jun 16, 2004 6:46 pm
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Hi Alex, Thanks for your reply. I agree with your assessment of question 3 (How do we know if an asteroid is going to hit the earth?) – it is the most...
I disagree that if a student of astronomy is told the textbook is to be used as a reference book, the student will think that reading the book is unimportant....
When I first received this message, I was going to make a long and spirited reply. Here's a brief one instead! To first order—content—the books ARE the...
Michael Zeilik
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Jun 29, 2004 8:27 pm
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When I started reviewing texts my reaction was the same as the initiator's of this thread. But, I was not looking at the texts from a student's prespective. I...
Folks: When I first received this message, I was going to make a long and spirited reply. Here's a brief one instead! To first order—content—the books ARE...
Michael Zeilik
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Jul 13, 2004 2:41 pm
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I want to try giving the ADT as a pre and post test to my introdutory astronomy class this year. The web page for the test indicates that no questions should...
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