... 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 night after the John Glenn program, I pitched the terraforming idea to my students. I asked them if they'd like to terraform Mars as a big class project; I wanted to throw the idea to them and see how they would react. Already I had a vision of splitting the class into several groups and having each group take charge of a portion of the project. ... Following my initial idea on how to conduct the project, I split the class into six groups, each student choosing his or her group. ...

... The annual ATNF student symposium is being held on Wednesday 26 th of April at ATNF Headquarters, Sydney. The symposium began in 1998 and was originally designed to allow higher degree students the opportunity to present their research to fellow students and staff. The idea of the symposium is to provide an informal atmosphere where ATNF affiliated students can present their work and allow ATNF staff and visitors to be informed of current research. ... discussion of global results; . ...

... 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 . ...

Course Content, Organization and Philosophy: . ... The focus of the course will again be on scientific evidence that supports the idea that humans must be involved in a partnership arrangement with nature in order to insure mutual sustainability. ... The crux of the course will then be to get the students to convey these ideas to a mass audience by the construction of electronic web documents that incoporate the scientific evidence that we have been discussing. ...

As an obligatory preparing for the application to participate in the IAO a short report of National Olympiad of the current year with a set of all problems used on the Olympiad has to be presented by the applicating team. ... The final minutes (protocols written in Latin or Cyrillic in form of tables) of the Olympiad (evaluating of solutions of the students participated in the last stage of the Olympiad) should be included as well. ... Historical data of the National Astronomy Olympiad: . ...

... 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 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. ...

... 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). ...

One of the most challenging aspects of teaching introductory science courses is that many students, expecting to be spoon-fed "the facts", fail to think critically and begin to lose interest. For too many, science seems like some imperturbable monument built by dowdy and eccentric geniuses. ... Students, particularly those who find few role models around them or at the front of the class, may become intimidated. ... Peer Instruction in astronomy. ... Back to Paul Green's HomePage . ...

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 . ...

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. ...

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 . ...

... Students Life . ... Schools . University history . ... V.љN. Karazin . ... February 17, 2014 . International Winter School of High Energy Physics: Wrap-Up . An International Winter School of High Energy Physics was held at Karazin University on February 12-14, 2014. ... One of the lectures was delivered to senior pupils of Kharkiv Lyceum of Physics and Mathematics No. 27 that the University actively cooperates with. ... Scientists of the University Present the Red Book of Kharkiv Region . ...

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 . ...

... 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. ...

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 . ...

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. ...

... You are free to copy and to redistribute unmodified copies for non-commercial purposes without restriction from me (but see below). Any other use should be consistent with normal copyright law and your conscience. ... The images in The Nine Planets are almost all from NASA. ... These images may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA or by any NASA employee of a commercial product, process or service, or used in any other manner that might mislead. ... But see their copyright page . ...