home education > activities . ... Astronomy . ... This calculational activity by Evan Manning helps familiarize students with the Gregorian calendar, and then asks them to come up with a calendar system for another planet where the year is also not an integer multiple of days. [m,h] . ... Offers a spreadsheet to make a scale model of the solar system and beyond. ... Very basic activity, building a scale model of the Earth-Moon system; also teaches the simple math of ratios and scaling. [e, m] . ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Three sixth-form students from St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh , used the Faulkes Telescope South in Australia in April to observe and measure HW Virginis , an unusual "binary" or double star system suspected to host one or two extrasolar planets orbiting the central stellar pair. ... Armagh Observatory and associated researchers hope to develop this work to look for further evidence of planet-hosting binary star...

... The Australian National University] [Department of Physics] [Paul Francis] [Main Roleplay Page] . These exercises are my attempt to adapt the technique of Problem Based Learning to the context of introductory astronomy and astrophysics classes. ... As students grapple with the puzzle, they are forced to learn the subject matter of the course. ... This exercise is designed for 1st year University students with a reasonable high-school background in Maths and Physics. ...

... ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Astrophysics graduate student programs . ... Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ... A detailed activity for demonstrating how filters are used for photometric measurements will be posted up here shortly. ...

... Recent Topics . ... MAO main . ... Fw: ASTRONET: Task 5.4 - observing schools . ... Subject: Re: ASTRONET: Task 5.4 - observing schools . ... second half of September, and which will be funded by the training and . ... www.iap.fr/opticon/neon_schools/2014/index.html . ... intended for master and starting PhD students. ... actions on observing schools, providing access for students, Master . ... observing schools for master students. ... in form of observing schools for pre-PhD students. ... MAO NASU...

... Moore Observatory is a research and advanced teaching facility of the University of Louisville. ... The 24-inch Ritchie Chretien (RC24) telescope is a research instrument used by faculty and graduate students involved in studies of exoplanets, optical properties of the atmosphere, and the development of imaging and spectroscopic technology. ... Kent (CDK20S) are collaboratively operated by the University of Louisville and the University of Southern Queensland for both research and education. ...

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 . ...

For more information contact: Brewster LaMacchia 781 937 6300 x312 6th Grade at J. G. Whittier Middle School Looking Up at Night! ... The "Star Party," as these events are called in astronomical circles, was organized by amateur astronomer Brewster LaMacchia and 6th grade teacher Robert Estes. They are both part of Project Astro, a national project that links astronomers with educators and students in the fourth through ninth grades. ... 2 Whittier Middle School Star Party ...

... Research . ... Students . ... PlanetTreky: Treking the planets at Arecibo . ... Graduate Student, Ph.D. Candidate, Universidad de Granada . ... Current status: Undergraduate student at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez majoring in Physics . ... Current status: Research Assistant at the University of Texas at Austin . ... Current Status: Postdoctoral Researcher at Southwest Research Institute . ... How to Apply : Interested students should send an email to Dr. Rivera-Valentin . ...

... News Research . ... Expert in the characterisation of magnetic activity and the coronae of slowly rotating (solar-type) and planet-hosting stars. ... Characterising the spectra of M dwarfs in the optical and NIR and studying the effects of strong magnetic fields. ... Experienced in modelling the coronae of planet-hosting cool stars and currently mapping magnetic fields in young pre-main sequence stars using HARPS spectropolarimetric data. ... Space Girls Space Women - Gaitee . Science Fuse . ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Bright planets meet at dusk . ... Astronomy magazine subscribers can read the full article for free. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter....

Youth for Astronomy and Engineering . ... Students . ... About YAE . ... Are you wondering what a career in science or engineering would be like? ... The Youth for Astronomy and Engineering program wants to help you to meet other students with the same questions, as well as meet successful professionals with careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. ... NASA . ... CCBC T4 STEM Scholarship Program . ... STScI Space Astronomy Summer Program for College Students . ...

ARCSAT ID NUMBER: AS09 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Constraining the magnetic fields of transiting exoplanets through ground-based near-UV observations PI: Jake Turner OBSERVER(S): Jake Turner (Graduate Student: University of Virginia) Apurva Oza (Graduate Student: University of Virginia) Robin Leiter (Undergraduate Student ... The magnetic field of a transiting exoplanet can be constrained by observing asymmetries in their near-UV light curves (Vidotto, Jardine Helling 2011a; Vidotto et al. ...

... Stars and Planets ? A project in Astronomy . ... During the first few months of 2001 year, students at our teacher training institutes (six in St. Petersburg, ten in Amsterdam, three in Stockholm and one student in Vietnam) have been working together in an international project in Astronomy. ... In this paper, we report on the project. ... While studying their topics, students in each country had regular contact with their tutor (at least once a week during the ten-week period of the project). ...

... 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. ...

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 . ...

... Observatory has four telescopes: . ... Zeiss-300 (D=300mm F=4500mm), visual . AVR-1 (D=200mm F=3000mm), visual . ... AZT-7 (D=200mm F=900mm), photometer . ... Zhujko Sergey V. Burlak Alexander N. Volod'ko Dmitry G. Pakhomov Yuriy V. Objects of research: . ... Variable stars . ... Moon . Covers stars by Moon . Field of research: . ... Questions and comments please mail to pakhomov@sai.msu.su . Yury V. Pakhomov . pakhomov@sai.msu.su . ...

Welcome to the Everyday Classroom Tools curriculum, Observing the World Around Us, which takes its form in The Threads of Inquiry. Before you begin, you will probably like to know how to use the Threads, what they will look like, and what resources are contained in their text. ... It pinpoints the scientific motivations for this Thread, or why it is important for students to understand what is happening around them with regards to the Thread topic. ... the Threads, and additional button . ...

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The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . SEDS is an independent, student-based organization which promotes the exploration and development of space. SEDS pursues this mission by educating people about the benefits of space, by supporting a network of interested students, by providing an opportunity for members to develop their leadership skills, and inspiring people through our involvement in space-related projects. ... Web . ...