... 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. ...

... 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. ...

... a) As source material for the high-school or college curriculum, especially in physics. astronomy and their history. (b) As a source of supplemental projects by high school students or by undergraduates. (c) As material for independent studies, In particular by motivated students who seek to know more about space . ... Those wishing to look up specific topics are advised to use the index file, accessible from the end of any "Exploration" file. ... files not listed and at other resource material. ...

The SEARFE Project is a high-school education and Square Kilometre Array outreach project being coordinated by CSIRO ATNF, the School of Physics in the University of Sydney and the Faculty of Engineering in the University of Technology Sydney. ... Giving students hands-on experience in using radio-science equipment, making measurements and interpreting data; . ... The SEARFE Project will be launched on 21 June 2002 and we plan to have equipment into the schools involved in July. ... CSIRO ATNF . ...

Chair of solid state physics . ... Students and postgraduate students . ... Curriculum and courses' programs . ... The Chair of solid state physics of MIPT was created on the basis of Institute of solis state physics (ISSP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) in 1964. ... From the very beginning the training of specialists with profound knowledge of fundamental bases of solid state physics, and both structural, and its electronic aspects was the main objective of the Chair. ...

... We can help students grasp the significance of Hubble's extremely keen eye, and learn a bit about angles and math in the process, with the following in-class activity. ... Looking through binoculars or telescopes allows us to magnify a small section of the sky. To measure sizes or distances in that small section, astronomers divide a degree into 60 smaller pieces called arcminutes, and further subdivide minutes into 60 smaller sections called arcseconds. ... 30 feet = . ... 36 seconds . ...

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. ...

SUMMER STUDENTS SHOW THEIR PACES . Armagh Observatory, 26 August 2003: Armagh Observatory summer work-experience students have this year included those appointed under the Nuffield Foundation Science Bursary scheme and the British Council organized International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE) programme. ... For every IAESTE student who comes to Northern Ireland from another country, one Northern Ireland student obtains a reciprocal position abroad. ...

Note that different students may see different quiz forms.) ... Giant stars are rare because . a) they do not form as often as main sequence stars. b) giant stars are unstable. c) the giant stage is very short compared to the main sequence stage. d) elements heavier than helium are relatively rare. In a color-magnitude diagram of a star cluster, the blue end of the main sequence is useful for defining the age of the cluster because . ... Paul J. Green pgreen@cfa.harvard.edu ...

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 . ...

... Educational programs (English) . ... SSAU History . ... On June 11 Heinz Palkovski, Director of Institute of Metallurgy from Germany conducted a lecture on Preparation, testing and use of sandwich materials . ... The very same material is a sandwich, where the base and the filler arranged in layers of a certain thickness. ... Professor Heinz Palkovski is currently engaged in research of sandwich materials and his lecture was devoted to this theme. ... Tags: heinz palkovski lecture sandwich materials...

A knowledge of mathematical methods is important for an increasing number of university and college courses, particularly in physics, engineering and chemistry, but also in more general science. ... We have therefore decided to write a textbook that assumes knowledge only of material that can be expected to be familiar to all the current generation of students starting physical science courses at university. ... The general aim of the book is to present a topic in three stages. ...

... доклад(продолжение) . ... Серега Павлюченко . доклад . ... Серега Карпов . ... Заслушивание предварительно подготовленных докладов и их обсуждение, а также треп на отвлеченные темы и распитие спиртных напитков . ... Требования к докладу . ... Присутствовать на докладе . ... Не присутствовать на докладе . ... Пить пиво Секретарь семинара - Серега Карпов (надеюсь, никто не против?) ...

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 . ...

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 . ...

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 . ...

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Wave propagation in an irregular plasma . Methods of the ionospheric plasma radio sounding . ... Program, Grant No. ... Investigation of Anomalous Attenuation Effect Caused by Radio Wave Scattering and Transformation on the Ionospheric Irregularities . ... Grant No. ... Diagnostics of Ionospheric Irregularity Spectrum Using Measurements of Radio Wave Anomalous Attenuation Under Vertical Sounding . ... Simple numerical model of radio wave multiple scattering effects in the ionospheric plasma layer. ...