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A Constellation in a Box
Several weeks ago I wrote up a lesson plan as part of a contest sponsored by ORISE, the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. Winners of the contest would receive an all-expenses paid trip to the National Science Teachers … Continue reading
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Tagged 3d models of stars, astronomy education, classes of stars, constellation, declination, earth science lessons, light years, middle school astronomy, modeling, modeling constellations, ngss standards, parallax, right ascension, scale and proportion, spectral types, stars, steam education, stellar types, teaching about the stars
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Launching the Mars Project
With our first semester seminars done in the middle of January 2017, the students were as ready as they could be to start our school-wide Mars Exploration project at American Academy of Innovation. Whether or not the teachers were ready … Continue reading
Mars Seminars: Preparing for a School-wide PBL
In my previous three posts, I’ve talked about how my students at American Academy of Innovation created an animation of a space habitat for astronauts to live in on their way to Mars, how they learned to use Mars MOLA … Continue reading
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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AAS in Seattle: Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015
Note: I am writing this almost two years after the fact. Life has been busy and events carry one onward, but for the next week I hope to do some catching up on this blog. Fortunately, I took good notes … Continue reading
2015 AAS in Seattle – Day 2: A Sampler of Sessions
On the first full day of the American Astronomical Society Conference in Seattle, my students and I attended a variety of plenary sessions, poster sessions, parallel sessions, and a follow up meeting of all the NITARP groups. I also had … Continue reading
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The Spaced-Out Classroom 