... Grab them with an engaging question or give them something to do. ... Involve them in the presentation. ... Asking Engaging Questions: What is an "Engaging Question?" ... Why do we ask an Engaging Questions? ... 10 Examples of Engaging Questions: 1. ... Astronomical Society of the Pacific http://www.astrosociety.org Sharing the Universe Videos http://www.astrosociety.org/SharingTheUniverse Tips for Observing with Kids: You may need to provide a step stool for smaller children to reach the eyepiece. ...

... Contacting and discussing with people sharing your interests, participating in night sky observations with telescopes as well as a large choice of astronomical books, magazines and video-tapes out of our club library. ... The seasons, the seeing ( a clear sky is not always associated to calm , stable air ) and most important how dark your observation site is. ... Therefore a dark site for observing is at least as important for deep sky observation as the diameter of your scope. ...

The Keys to Inquiry . Introduction . Everyday Classroom Tools . We learn best when we learn from our own experiences." Children need to be active learners, seeking answers to questions that they care about." ... The goal of the Everyday Classroom Tools Project is to provide opportunities for students to learn that inquiry and their own experiences can help them achieve a deeper understanding of their world. ... This document has two sections. ... GO TO: Section I Section II . ...

STScI . Connecting to the Visitor's Network . ... Annual Reports . ... Official visitors to the STScI should use this network for internet access. Please refer to the STScI Network Connection Policy (II-F-6). Wireless access in the STScI auditorium . ... Contact your STScI host to find out what locations are available to you. ... Desired port number, if known . ... If you connect to the stsci.edu network, you can only use SSH, FTP (ports 21 and 22), SSL, IMAP, SMTP and WEB ports. ...

NATIONAL ASTRONOMY AND IONOSPHERE CENTER . ... Astronomy . ... Visitor Center . ... Exhibits . ... The bilingual educational program centered on the theme "More Than Meets the Eye - Exploring the Invisible Universe", reflects the general idea that we can study our world with tools which extend our direct sensory experience. ... Some of Arecibo's most exciting new discoveries in the fields of radio astronomy, solar system radar astronomy and the earth's atmosphere are presented. ...

... The first two working group reports (on Extrasolar Planets and the Herschel--ALMA Synergies) were released in 2005 and 2006, and this third report covers the area of Fundamental Cosmology. The Working Group's mandate was to concentrate on fundamental issues in cosmology, as exemplified by the following questions: . What are the essential questions in fundamental cosmology? ... What are the appropriate methods with which these key questions can be answered? ...

... ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Work experience for school students . ... 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 . ...

... A Typical Visit . ... Special Needs . ... Talk to a member of our education team when booking to find out how you can make the most of your visit to Armagh Planetarium. ... At Armagh Planetarium, our building is user friendly for those with mobility or other difficulties, and we have a number of other arrangments and facilities in place to welcome anyone with special needs to the Planetarium. тАв Disabled parking available in close proximity to thebuilding . ... Teacher checklist for a school trip ....

... Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4 . ... Session encryption support . ... session_crypto_module . ... The session will be encrypted with the given key. Different servers can be configured to share sessions by ensuring the same encryption key is used on each server. ... The SessionCryptoPassphrase directive specifies the keys to be used to enable symmetrical encryption on the contents of the session before writing the session, or decrypting the contents of the session after reading the session. ...

... Robert L. Stewart (Brigadier General, USA, Ret.) ... SPECIAL HONORS: Awarded Army Distinguished Service Medal , Defense Superior Service Medal , 2 Legion of Merit, 4 Distinguished Flying Crossed, a Bronze Star, a Meritorious Service Medal , 33 Air Medals, the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and V Device, 2 Purple Hearts, the National Defense Service Medal , the Armed Forces Expeditionary Recipient of NASA Space Flight Medal (1984 & 1985). ...

Q: Are the magnitudes in the ETCs AB or Vega magnitudes? ... Q: How is the signal to noise defined? A: In optical and infrared imaging, the applications display a signal to noise over the PSF area, which is computed in a circle of radius seeing/plate_scale. ... In optical imaging only, a second signal to noise is computed which is the signal to noise at the central pixel. ... A: The template spectra stored in the database are measured or simulated spectra covering different wavelength range. ...

... Hughes STX/COSSC NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771 . ... The exploration of hypertextual data presentation at the COSSC was facilitated by the creation of tables of data, in electronic form, which describe the BATSE and EGRET datasets available in the Compton Observatory archive. ... As our store of data continues to grow, we will continue to explore new and novel ways in which hypertext allows the data in the COSSC archive to be presented and selected. 56 kB PostScript reprint . ...

... Mass . 17a. Measuring Mass . ... A medium-size (1.25 inch wide) binder clip, as is used in offices to hold papers together--the type made of flat blue steel, with two wire handles. ... The theory predicts that the oscillation period should be proportional to the square root of the oscillating mass, including the mass of the clip. Note that gravity plays no part here: the oscillation period would be the same on the Moon or in zero-g. Denoting square root by SQRT, we have . ...

... What is an intelligence or an intelligent life? ... Various particular cases, new regimes, original approaches etc. being attractive as they could, all this is a pale shade of a real process of cognition. ... May an infinitely complicated object be indeed so simple? ... An intelligence could not arise in an infinitely complicated universe! ... There are two possibilities: whether our imagination of infinitely complicated object is incorrect or the surrounding world is not infinitely complicated. ...

... This is commonly referred to as CPM (cost per thousand impressions).We pay you a percentage of revenues for the ads that you and your friends view with Harry, based on current CPM rates.You will get 75% of total revenue generated from your viewing.. ... REMEMBER: for every one hour the program on Your screen You'll get paid $0.50. And when You recommend those program to Your friends, reffering to Your personal ID, You'll get paid $0.10 for every hour the program open on Your's friends computer. ...

... This page contains pictures and text to accompany the press release entitled "some black holes are pink", which was presented as part of the Fresh Science event, ScienceNow! ... I first show colour pictures of the pink black holes (and of some blue and yellow ones for comparison. ... If you are having this trouble, I've included pictures below with stretched colour maps, to emphasise the colours: these should print better. (jpeg image, 29kb) . ... Quasar (black hole) PKS 1133-172. ...

NO PARLEZ No questions, there's no debate. ... For this is your policy, you just don't wanna talk with me. Oh yeh, you hate your children to rise, you hate your children. Oh yeh, you hate your children. Still you put the hammer in the hands of the children. ... PARLEZ What compromise will ever do? ... PARLEZ Oh, this is your policy, you just don't wanna talk to me. ... Still you put the hammer in the hands of the children. (repeat & fade) - Anthony Moore ...

... adhere to Thinktank's Equal Opportunities policy Person Specification Confident and inspiring communicator with a knowledge of astronomy Can successfully convey complex astronomical phenomena to lay audiences Shows evidence of creativity, and has an innovative approach to science communication Experienced in dealing with the public, community groups , school children specialist interest groups Can differentiate between audiences - adapts to different types and ... Any other black |group | ...

Click image for 768x576 . ... Zeiss-1000 20sm guiding telescope TV-camera . USNO-A2 Catalogue Image Simulation . TV-camera last nights Archive . ... Presentation of the last observed FITS-image . ... direct image streaming (for Firefox, Chome etc) . only direct image streaming (for Konqueror and Opera) . ... Cambozola Java Applet (for any browser with Java) . ...

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