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Arrakeen Colony, Mars
During our fall 2016 semester at American Academy of Innovation, we selected Mars Exploration as the theme of our first school-wide project. To prepare my classes and get students excited, I involved them in creating several projects related to … Continue reading
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Tagged american academy of innovation, arrakeen, engineering through art, junk sculpture, living on mars, mars colony, mars exploration, materials science education, modeling in science, names for mars, project based learning, steam education, steam projects, stem education, visualizing the future
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Using Mars MOLA 3D Data
Fourteen years ago I was on a quest. I knew that 3D altitude data of Mars was available online because I had seen it used in illustrations for National Geographic and other magazines. I wanted to figure out how to … Continue reading
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Tagged 3d modeling in science, aram chaos, ares vallis, artemis westenberg, authentic astronomy data, chryse planitia, david black, image j, kees veenenbos, mars 3d data, mars exploration, mars global surveyor, mars mola data, mars orbiter laser altimeter, steam education
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Students as Teachers
One of the cornerstones of my education philosophy is that students learn best when they are expected to teach concepts to others. I’ve talked about this at some length on my other blog site at: https://elementsunearthed.com/2011/03/01/second-round-of-chemistry-demostrations/. It is based on the … Continue reading
MESSENGER of the Gods
My second semester astronomy class during the 2014-15 school year at Walden School of Liberal Arts focused on planetary science. Our trip to the American Astronomical Society conference in early January had been the final project of our first semester … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy education, central utah science and engineering fair, enhanced color images of planets, impact features on mercury, lermontov crater, mercury, mercury dual imaging system, messenger, messenger space probe, planetary science, rachmaninoff basin, students as scientists, using authentic data in the classroom, volcanic features on mercury
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Publishing a 3D Illustration of SOFIA
The second semester of the 2014-15 school year was incredibly busy. I was elected to the Utah Science Teachers Association board, representing science teachers from Charter, Private, Home, and Online schools. I traveled to Chicago for the National Science … Continue reading
Returning from the AAS: Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015
Our last day in Seattle we had a later flight than most of the other teams, so I packed up my bags and met my remaining three students down in the lobby. Kendall had already departed for Washington, D.C.. I … Continue reading
AAS in Seattle: Wed., Jan. 7, 2015
On this third full day of the American Astronomical Society conference in Seattle, we had a lot going on. This was the big day for our students to present the science results of their NITARP study and the poster we … Continue reading
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Tagged aas, american astronomical society, astronomy education, crepes, gravitational waves, hubble bubble, ligo, many worlds theory, mathematical universe, max tegmark, merging black holes, multiverse, nasa astrophysics missions, nasa budget, nasa decadal survey, nasa education, nitarp, occam's razor, paul hertz, search for galactic civilizations, seattle
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