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... 7 A. Astronomy Education Research Using Concept Inventories to Gauge Student Understanding in Astronomy -- Janelle Bailey (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) .. ... 27 B. Teaching Techniques The NASA Center for Astronomy Education Teaching Excellence Workshops: An Introduction to the Techniques -- Gina Brissenden, Edward Prather, & Timothy Slater (University of Arizona) .. ... 57 Planet Property Charts as Study Aids for Comparative Planetology -- Tom English (Guilford Technical Community College) .. ...

... The course is intended to provide an introduction to the field of solar-terrestrial physics to new PPARC postgraduate students (and others) starting work in the fields of solar physics, the solar corona and solar wind, magnetospheric physics and the physics of the upper atmosphere of the Earth. ... The intention is to provide students with an overview of the whole coupled Sun-Earth system. ...

... General information . ... Staff . Research staff . ... Research . ... Rossi Lectures . Workshops & courses . ... Historical highlights . Historical research . ... The lectures will illustrate techniques to solve of a number of statistical problems commonly encountered in astrophysics: . ... 2-3: Introduction to Astrostatistics [general lecture] . ... 3-4: Regression [lecture and tutorial] . ... 3-4: Common statistical mistakes in the astronomical literature [general lecture] . ... Day 1 . ...

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Science, Diversity, and Community: Revitalizing Introductory Curricula 183 SCIENCE, DIVERSITY, AND COMMUNITY: REVITALIZING INTRODUCTORY CURRICULA Joann Eisberg The University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Consortium's Women and Science program is a ve-semester, National Science Foundation-funded program to address the under-representation of women and minorities in science and engineering. The program seeks to reach students who, though quali ed to do science, choose another ma jor. ...

... INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY OF MOSCOW . ... List of Alumni | ... Arizona State University . ... California Institute of Technology . California Polytechnic State University, SLO . California State University, Bakersfield . California State University, Hayward . California State University, Long Beach . ... North Carolina State University . ... North Dakota State University . ... Texas A University . ... University of North Texas . ... Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University . ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . ... Andrew J. Feustel (Ph.D.) . NASA Astronaut . ... EDUCATION: €аGraduated from Lake Orion High School, Michigan. €аAssociate Science degree, Oakland Community College, Michigan. €аB.S. in Solid Earth Sciences, Purdue University. €аM.S. in Geophysics, Purdue University. €аPh.D. in Geological Sciences, specializing in Seismology, QueenтАЩs University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1995. ... JUNE 2011 ...

... Next: Organizing Observational Data Up: Data Models and Previous: Source-searching in Photon-event . ... We present an overview of the workings of the OGIP FITS Working Group (OFWG). ... The Office of Guest Investigator Programs (OGIP) at the Goddard Space Flight Center has organized a working group to identify appropriate conventions, and, with community support, to encourage adherence to these conventions. ... serving the entire FITS community . ... fits_info/ofwg_minutes . ...

Peer Instruction for Astronomy HomePage . and Astronomy ConcepTest Database . Eric Mazur's Physics Peer Instruction HomePage . and its implementation . Implementation at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) . ... College Teaching, Fall 1990, pp. ... P. M. Sadler 1998, "Psychometric Models of Student Conceptions in Science" Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 35(3), 265 . ... 1997, ``Conceptual Astronomy: A novel model for teaching postsecondary science courses'', Am. ...

... Astronomy index . Mechanics index . Sun index . ... The sections of "Stargazers" covering the Sun was an afterthought. The rest of the material was mostly complete when a teacher of astronomy, adapting the material for his course, pointed out an omission. ... Yes, indeed--and therefore this part was added. ... However, almost all the material on the Sun fits seamlessly into the sections that precede it or follow it, and lesson plans have been provided for sections #S-1 to #S-7 as well. ...

Chair of solid state physics . ... Ordering and symmetry in condensed media . ... This lecture course gives an introduction to physics of crystalline and non-crystalline condensed media. ... Description of various structures is given on the basis of general physical notions. Types of condensed media. Crystals, liquids, amorphous state, liquid crystals, plastic (rotational) crystals. ... Optical methods for investigations of condensed media. ... Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics. ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Sky this Month . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Open cluster NGC 2818, spiral galaxy NGC 2964, and spiral galaxy NGC 2976 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing Basics . ... the University of Maryland, College Park . ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter...

... Vocational training, adult education, school of classes for special types of children, and kindergartens also form part of the program in most states. ... Many systems also preside nursery schools. ... Out of more than three million students who graduate from high school each year, about one million go on for higher education. A college at a leading university might receive applications from two percent of these high school graduates, and then accept only one out of every ten who apply. ...

Next: Using Ceilidh as a Student Up: Ceilidh - On Line C Tutoring System Previous: Why Use CEILIDH ? Ceilidh is an on-line coursework administration and auto-marking facility designed to help both students and staff with programming courses. ... It also marks programs directly, and informs the student and teacher of the mark awarded. ... Ceilidh also provides students with on-line access to notes, examples and solutions, and provides tutors with extensive course monitoring and tracking facilities. ...

A knowledge of mathematical methods is important for an increasing number of university and college courses, particularly in physics, engineering and chemistry, but also in more general science. ... We have therefore decided to write a textbook that assumes knowledge only of material that can be expected to be familiar to all the current generation of students starting physical science courses at university. ... The general aim of the book is to present a topic in three stages. ...

... Outreach . ... Student Outreach Group . ... Here is a list of the previous outreach events held by the group. Note that this list only contains events held after August 2007 . 27 May 2009 . Merici College . ... Tyndale Christian School . ... 30 Apr 2009 . Mackillop Catholic College . ... Weetangera Primary School . ... ANU Open Week . 29 Dec 2008 . ... 27 Aug 2008 . ... 28 Aug 2007 . ... Copyright 2007 Emma Kirby. ... All Photos were taken by Emma Kirby unless otherwise stated. ...

Russian Space Science Internet (RSSI) is a successful result of RSSI Project. ... space oriented organizations; . ... RSSI offers for its members : . ... videoconferences via MBONE Internet protocol (there are 2 tunnels available now through the general IP network: one to NASA Internet, and another to Moscow State University); . ... It is designed so that all organizations connected to the RSSI gain access to the resources of Russian computer networks as well as world wide Internet. ... nic@rssi.ru ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Space Flight . ... Science Fiction . ... Armagh Planetarium is pleased to announce тАШMaths тАУ It Is Rocket ScienceтАЩ, a Summer Course for all primary school teachers. By signing up to the course Armagh Planetarium Primary Teachers can gain key insights into using Space to develop numeracy skills. ... The European Space Education Office (ESERO) Ireland , is offering places for teachers on a 5 day professional development. ...

Next: The Arecibo Observatory and Up: Astronomer's Guide to the Previous: Astronomer's Guide to the . The 305-m William E. Gordon radio telescope at Arecibo is the largest single-dish radio telescope on our planet, and is available to the global scientific community for astronomical observations at wavelengths between 6 m and 3 cm (frequencies of 47 MHz to 10 GHz). ... In Section 2 of this document, we provide an introduction to the Observatory, the telescope and its instrumentation. ...