... The material in "From Stargazers to Starships" meets several important requirements of the national standards. Pages cited below are from National Science Education Standards National Academy Press, Washington 1995. ... For example: the sections on astronomy not only describe calendars and sundials (including their construction), but also the astronomy of the ancient Greeks, including two different ways in which ancient Greeks estimated the distance to the Moon. ...

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. ... Dr. Connolly's column made us think about important education issues and at the same time pointed us to new developments in astronomy education. ... Four great resources are ASP's education webpage , its quarterly teachers' newsletter Universe in the Classroom , the page for astronomy teachers maintained by Andrew Fraknoi, and the education page at the American Astronomical Society . ...

... Stellar Evolution is driven entirely by the never ending battle between Pressure and Gravity . As imbalances are reached, the star is driven to find a new Energy source. ... Pressure and gravitational forces are equal, the star is stable and its core is sufficiently hot to fuse Hydrogen into Helium More about main sequence stars . ... The luminosity generated by the core fusion of Helium into Carbon is far greater than the shell luminosity associated with the fusion of Hydrogen into Helium. ...

... In addition to its primary research role, the Armagh Observatory has an important secondary responsibility (a) to maintain and preserve the fabric of the historic buildings, the library, historic books and archives, and the collection of scientific instruments and other artefacts built up over more than two hundred years of continuous astronomical activity in Armagh, and (b) to advance public understanding of science, and of astronomy in particular. ... 2004 Robinson Lectures, 25-26 November 2004 . ...

PEER INSTRUCTION for INTRODUCTORY ASTRONOMY http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~ pgreen/educ/PI.html Paul J. Green pgreen@cfa.harvard.edu for Cosmos in the Classroom Conference 2004 IMPLEMENTING PEER INSTRUCTION Lecture briefly in standard format on one of the fundamental concepts to be covered. Present a ConcepTest: a short multiple-choice question tests students' understanding. ... BENEFITS OF PEER INSTRUCTION Provides real-time student/instructor feedback. ... Provides student self-gauging. ...

... НЕПРЕРЫВНОГО МАТЕМАТИЧЕСКОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ . ... Кружок ?Олимпиады и математика? ... Московская математическая олимпиада . Заочный математический конкурс . ... Устные математические олимпиады . Олимпиады по программированию . Математический праздник . Математические регаты . ... Математические бои . Олимпиада по геометрии им. И.Ф.Шарыгина . ... Программа ?Math in Moscow? Научные конкурсы . Творческий конкурс . ... График олимпиад . ... XXVII Математический праздник . ...

... ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Astrophysics graduate student programs . ... Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder . Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . Mopra radio telescope . ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . Visiting Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ...

Astronomy Discussion Forums . Forums: . ... Discussion Forums . ... Word Games Are Endless..hence The Need For Standards Of Honesty . Forum List | ... Post Message | ... of talking in endless circles . ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | Advertise on Astronomy Net | ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...

The Astronomical Society of Australia has been asked by STANDARDS AUSTRALIA to compile a list of "designated" optical observatories that are valuable resources for (i) research, (ii) education and (iii) community use. The ASA is the final arbiter of whether any particular observatory is so designated. ... Upon receipt of your application form, your observatory will be entered on a list of "Pending Designated Observatories" on the ASA Home Page. ... It will be emailed for you. ... Email . ...

... Dear teachers and guests of our site, if you are interested in the work of our teachers (foreign language teachers in particular) you may contact us through Internet. ... The teachers not only use computers for presentation of the new material, but also organize the system of checking students' knowledge. ... Every grade organizes a firm, chooses the activity, approves of the staff of the firm. ... The students also plan expenditure on scientific and research activities and advertisement. ...

... HST . Phase I: COS Flux Standard . ... Missions . ... HST Overview . ... Cycle 24 Announcement . ... STIS Cycle-17 Calibration Phase-1 Last Revised: 9/04/2009 Proposal ID: 11865 Title: COS Flux Standard PI: Dr. Ralph Bohlin Co-I(s): Dr. Daniel J. Lennon, Dr. Charles R. Proffitt, Mr. Michael A. Wolfe --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # This section should be written with a GO audience in mind -- use # Calibration plans in WFPC-2 handbook as a guide. ...

... Fortranљ66 . ... Fixed form . ... Whole Fortranљ66 . ... Continuation line indicated in column 6 . ... Blank line as comment . ... Extension in Unix .f .f .f .f90 .f .f90 . Extension in DOS .FOR .FOR .FOR .F90 .FOR .F90 . ... This applies to both fixed form and free form source code. ... Fixed form of the source code is discouraged in Fortran 95! ... In UNIX there is no concept called extension, and the extensions are not specified in the Fortran standard, but in informal manufacturer standards. ...

University Satellites and . Space Science Education . ... A SERIES OF ATLASES ON METHODS OF SPACE IMAGES INTERPRETATION AS A NEW TOOL FOR REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION IN EARTH SCIENCES . ... Special manuals in the form of atlases of satellite images and their interpretation results are within the best tools for support of the geographical and ecological research and thematic mapping. ... Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, 2005-2006 . ...

... ESO for the Public > Doing Business with ESO > Technology Transfer > Education and Training . ... Star Clusters . ... ESO's education and training programmes take a variety of forms. ... Through its education and Public Outreach Department, ESO provides much information on ESO's activities and projects, as well as general information on astronomy. ... A further instance of Technology Transfer through training is the professional experience gained by ESO staff through their employment at ESO. ...

Next: Hierarchical keywords Up: FITS keywords Previous: Standard keywords . Besides the standard FITS keywords defined in the FITS documents, it is possible to use other, non-standard keywords. Such non-standard keywords have no global definition and may be interpreted differently by different FITS readers. ... Due to the freedom to use non-standard keywords it is important to know their excact definitions when transfering data between different systems. ...

Портал | ... Первая десятка "Русского переплета" Темы дня: . ... УРАНИЯ . Научно-популярный образовательный журнал в "Русском переплете" . ... Как читать "Уранию" . ... Владимир Липунов . ... Сергей Пашутин . Феномены биологичекой эволюции Урания, популярно о сложном, 08.IV.2002 . ... Наука в "Русском переплете" Все проекты . ... Образование в "Русском переплете" Все проекты . ... Дата создания журнала: 7 декабря 2000 г. Обратите внимание на баннерную систему и счетчик Русского Переплета . ...

... Standard magnitudes can only be computed for the U, B and V filters and hence the only standard colours that can be calculated are U-B, B-V and U-V. An important point to note, is that these standard colours can be computed using the following instrumental colours - U-B, B-V, U-V, (UVW1-U), (UVW1-B), (UVW1-V), (UVW2-B) and (UVW2-V). ... The program loops through these colours and if the relevant instrumental magnitudes are present computes the standard magnitudes and standard colour. ...

... To support the enthusiasm of the young amateurs, to give them a possibility to test their knowledge and to help them to get in touch with their like-minded friends, astronomical Olympiads are regularly carrying out in Russia which involve some thousands of participants all over the country. ... Russian Olympiads on Astronomy and Cosmic Physics in 1993/94 . Russian Olympiads on Astronomy and Cosmic Physics in 1994/95 . Russian Olympiads on Astronomy and Cosmic Physics in 1995/96 . ...

... A rich suite of resources for public use is available including multimedia materials, online resources, hardcopies and other items. ... These objectives have been addressed through the creation of an education resource directory meeting the varied needs of the different customers of Space Science education. ... Also, providers and stake-holders wish to generate various reports, probe inventory information and track resource usage with other custom interfaces to the directory. ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... JOHN E. BLAHA (COLONEL, USAF, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) . ... EDUCATION: Graduated from Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1960; received a bachelor of science in engineering science from the United States Air Force Academy in 1965 and a master of science in astronautical engineering from Purdue University in 1966. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected as an astronaut in May 1980, Blaha has logged 161 days in space on 5 space missions. ...