... Information about a variety of different calendars for different cultures (e.g., Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Chinese, Hindu etc.) ... In addition, the Chinese had two different ways of interpreting and observing celestial events. One way the Chinese used astronomy was known as lifa; it was a discipline that aimed to understand the regularities and the predictable events in the celestial system through careful, observations, measurements and records. ... back to Teachers' Newsletter Main Page ...

Next: Running the Exercise Up: Case Study 1: The Previous: Context . Early in the course, I took about 30 minutes out of a lecture to present the exercise to the students, as follows: . ... There is only one difference: the universe of Zog has a quite different cosmology to our universe. Your task, over the next few weeks, will be to figure out what the cosmology of Zog's universe really is. ... At present, you do not know anything like enough to figure out the cosmology of Zog's universe. ...

Next: The course and unit level Up: Ceilidh - On Line C Tutoring System Previous: Introduction . ... To enter the system at the general level, the appropriate command (which should have been set up by your computer systems administrator) is . ... q quit this session fs find student | ... text ceilidh only) in X the courses available appear on main window.This command tells you which courses are available and supported by the Ceilidh system, their full title and their abbreviation. vp . ...

Фонд поддержки научных образовательных и культурных инициатив "Траектория" и Специальная астрофизическая обсерватория РАН проводят Первую астрофизическую школу "Траектория" с 8-го по 21-е августа 2016 года. ... ведущий науч. сотрудник докт.физ.-мат. наук Григорий Меерович Бескин, . ведущий науч. сотрудник докт.физ.-мат. наук Олег Васильевич Верходанов, . ведущий науч. сотрудник докт.физ.-мат. наук Евгений Леонидович Ченцов . ...

... 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. ...

... Information for Students on the Womens Science Forum . ... Events . ... Summer Student . ... The Women's Science Forum wants to help you to meet other young women with the same questions, as well as meet women that have built successful careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. At WSF events you will be given opportunities to speak directly to women scientists and engineers about what they do, and how they made their decision to go into their respective fields. ...

... Give an overview of the utilization of the Colorado river over the last 60 years. ... In the year 2000, the world's population will be about 6 billion people. If the world's population continues to grow at the rate of 2% per year, what will the world population be in the year 3000? ... The Following Table shows the population of Oregon Counties from The period of 1950 to 1995. ... a) What would the projected population of Lane County be in the year 2010? . ... THE DATA . ...

By encouraging student participation and interaction during the lecture, Peer Instruction encourages students to critically think through the arguments being developed, and to discuss their ideas and insights with their neighbors. ... After one minute, the students record an answer and are then asked to turn to their neighbors to try and convince them of their answers. ... After another minute or so, the students are asked to reconsider their answer and record it again. ...

. Also the following information is possible: . IV International Astronomy Olympiad (Crimea, 1999) . VI International Astronomy Olympiad (Crimea, 2001) . Autumn Astronomy School and VI International Astronomy Olympiad of CIS states (Crimea, October 23-31, 2003) (in Russian) .

... ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, operates a number of world-class radio astronomy observatories that are collectively known as the Australia Telescope National Facility or ATNF. ... CSIRO also manages the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, where the Square Kilometre Array telescope infrastructure in Australia is to be centred. ...

Follow-up observations with the University of Washington 0.76 m telescope at Manastash Ridge Observatory (MRO) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) cataclysmic variable (CV) SDSS J170053+400358 are presented. ... They estimate that the dimming amounted to about 0.028 mag (using two comparison stars that were each about 4 mag fainter than HD 209458). only UW affiliated authors have been listed, student researchers are marked with an ``*'' . ... XTE J1859+226" UW affiliated authors: *Kevin Krisciunas. ...

... Samara State Aerospace University Students life Student clubs . Samara State Aerospace University provides a large number of students associations, clubs, sections and project groups. ... There is student press center at Samara State Aerospace University which includes: Kakovkin Illuminator photo club, Bort 3 video log, a journalists club and a students' radio station. ... Samara State Aerospace University also runs a students' volunteer center. ... Sputnik International Student Club . ...

. 1. Raguzova N.V. 3-year graduate student. Evolution of close binaries, Be-stars with relativistic companion on different stages. 2. Lipunova G.V. 1-year post-graduate student. 3. Drozdova Dasha. 5-year undergraduate student. 4. Bichkov Andrey. 5-year undergraduate student. 5. Abubekerov Marat 4-year undergraduate student

... In order to successfully graduate from the University and receive a diploma, a student must pass exams in all required courses and in some elective courses, and then must write and defend a thesis. ... In order to become a student at the IUM, one had to take a written mathematical entrance exam in the end of June or in the beginning of September. ... Non-matriculated students who successfully complete the exams for the first semester become official students of the University. ...

... 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. ...

Luna and Io - A Comparison Study . ... They will construct paper scale models of Io , Luna , Earth and Jupiter and use these models to explain the differences between the two moons. ... Explain to the students that the picture is not to scale, but that it represents Jupiter and one of its moons. ... Have the students divide into groups of three or four and construct scale models of the Earth/Luna system, and the Jupiter/Io system, using the facts on the data sheets. ... Jupiter, Io, Earth, and Luna . ...

... In principle, a student from Northern Ireland has the opportunity to study in a country of their choice for every student placed in a business or academic institution in Northern Ireland under this programme. A range of secondary and third-level students were supervised under the Observatory's work-experience and summer student training programmes, including the Nuffield-Sentinus scheme. ...

A t the graduate level, I teach various courses in the fluids/thermal area, ranging from entry-level fluid dynamics, thermodynamics and convective heat transfer to advanced topics in fluid turbulence. At the graduate level, two types of students need to be served . ... Information technology can take a different role at the graduate level, where more independence and different motivation can be expected from the students. ... o MEE 849 : Special Topics in Fluid Mechanics . ...

Who you are: student [give grade level], amateur scientist, .. ... Whether you have read the Frequently Asked Questions and if so, why your question is not answered by the FAQ or what you did not understand about the FAQ. ... E-mails without this information are less likely to be answered. ... Questions that appear to be course homework will probably not be answered. Tutorial: Part 1 | Part 2 | ... FAQ | Age | ... 1999 Edward L. Wright . Last modified 9 Dec 1999 ...

... Students Life . ... Trade Union of undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students . ... The University Student Trade Union has protected the rights of undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students for more than 80 years. ... to issue international student?s identity cards ISIC and IYTC; . ... The Trade Union Committee closely cooperates with the University Student Council, Student Scientific Society and Student Councils of Halls of Residence. ... International Students' Education Center . ...