1. ASP: Education Newswire
... It was an overnight trip that had been planned for several months in advance, a Project ASTRO event that would also include a half-day study of the solar system and observations of the Sun. While viewing the crescent Moon, the students began asking about the craters. ... Do we need to start astronomy education earlier than fifth-grade? ... The ASP's Project ASTRO has prepared a catalog of projects in astronomy education to which anyone can apply or from which anyone can request materials. ...
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http://www.astrosociety.org/pubs/mercury/9801/j_f98.html -- 12.5 -- 02.10.2012
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2. XIV International Astronomy Olympiad: Information before the Olympiad
... Short reports. ... For the countries, starting their activity at the International Astronomy Olympiad (see the Supplementary Instructions N 3 ), the requirements for the short report are not strong. ... According to the information above the regular deadline for receiving the short reports of Nationals Olympiads of the current year (with a set of all problems used on the National Olympiads) is defined as 13 plus 5 = 18 weeks before the Olympiad: July 04 , 2009. ... Personal data for visas. ...
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3. Astronaut Bio: Christa McAuliffe (04/2007)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... S. CHRISTA CORRIGAN MCAULIFFE . TEACHER IN SPACE PARTICIPANT (DECEASED) . ... ORGANIZATIONS: Board member, New Hampshire Council of Social Studies; National Council of Social Studies; Concord Teachers Association; New Hampshire Education Association; and the National Education Association. ... NASA EXPERIENCE: Christa McAuliffe was selected as the primary candidate for the NASA Teacher in Space Project on July 19, 1985. ... APRIL 2007 ...
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http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mcauliffe.html -- 5.4 -- 07.07.2015
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4. Phase transitions in the diffuse ISM workshop
ATNF Home . About ATNF . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... CSIRO ATNF Data Archives . ... Teacher workshops . ... CSIRO Astronomy Space Science is holding a workshop on phase transitions in the diffuse interstellar medium. The motivation for the meeting is to synthesise new observational and numerical work which place us in a strong position to address broad issues related to cold gas in the diffuse ISM. ... John Dickey (University of Tasmania) . ...
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http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/workshops/2013/phasetrans/ -- 30.7 -- 10.04.2016
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5. AdelePlunkettAstro
... PhD Yale University, Astronomy, 2015 . ... MS, MPhil Yale University, Astronomy, 2011 . ... Plunkett, Adele L. ; Arce, Hctor G.; Corder, Stuartt A.; Dunham, Michael M.; Mardones, Diego; Garay, Guido 2014, ApJ, 803, 22, Assessing molecular outflows and turbulence in the protostellar cluster Serpens South . ... Department of Astronomy Seminar, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile April 2013 . ... Yale-University of Chile Meeting, New Haven, CT December 2011 . ...
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6. "Stargazers" and National Science Standards
... 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. ...
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http://www.iki.rssi.ru/mirrors/stern/stargaze/Standrds.htm -- 7.9 -- 21.12.2007
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http://www.cosmos.ru/mirrors/stern/stargaze/Standrds.htm -- 7.9 -- 22.12.2007
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7. ATM Discussion Forum - Hosted by The Astronomy Net
... ATM Discussion Forum . Forums: . ... How to clean the rust on the quartz glass lens - flyingmelon - September 18, 2010 - 08:55 UTC . ... Depends - rick_crockett - May 26, 2008 - 03:52 UTC . ... Canon DSLR CONTROLLER USB SERIAL PORT - costas - October 31, 2007 - 16:02 UTC . ... Star Lap - berry - December 30, 2006 - 21:46 UTC . ... www.astronomy.net . ... Forum posts are Copyright their authors as specified in the heading above the post. "dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . ...
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8. Educational Web Sites
... From Stargazers to Starships", overview , home page . stargaze/Sintro.htm . The Great Magnet, the Earth", overview home page . earthmag/demagint.htm . ... home page Education/Intro.html . Ideas which have motivated these sites . ... A chronology of astronomy, physics and space study , attached to the "Stargazers" site. ... The home page is outreach/outreach.htm . ... Many web pages exist about such subjects, but they often leave the reader no wiser, and at times, more confused. ...
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http://www.iki.rssi.ru/mirrors/stern/readfirst.htm -- 13.0 -- 26.05.2006
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9. Space Scientific and Education project of Lomonosov Moscow State University
Space Scientific and Education project of Lomonosov Moscow State University "MSU-250" is timed to its 250-th annversary. ... Scientific program is directed to the studies of the space physics problems. It includes development and launch of two supersmall satellites intended mainly to the studies of the radiation conditions in the near-Earth space. ... The conference "University Satellites and Space Science Education" (UNIVERSAT-2006) was held in Moscow on June 26-30, 2006. ...
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http://cosmos.msu.ru/eng/home.html -- 8.5 -- 22.06.2007
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10. AAA Fall Astronomy Class: Astronomy Basics October-November 2015 ? Amateur
... Home Education Classes AAA Fall Astronomy Class: Astronomy Basics October-November 2015 . ... AAA Fall Astronomy Class: Astronomy Basics October-November 2015 . AAA Winter Astronomy Class: Measuring Distances in Space Dec 2015 Feb 2016 . AAA Spring Astronomy Class: The Physics of Astronomy February - March 2016 . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ...
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11. Space Science Education Resource Directory
... A rich suite of resources for public use is available including multimedia materials, online resources, hardcopies and other items. ... These objectives have been addressed through the creation of an education resource directory meeting the varied needs of the different customers of Space Science education. ... Also, providers and stake-holders wish to generate various reports, probe inventory information and track resource usage with other custom interfaces to the directory. ...
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http://www.adass.org/adass/proceedings/adass00/O2-04/ -- 12.5 -- 29.05.2001
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13. PAUL J. GREEN - Peer Instruction
Order my book on Peer Instruction for Astronomy ! ... The book includes hundreds of ConcepTests, and was distributed FREE to most intro astro instructors across the country. ... By encouraging student participation and interaction during the lecture, Peer Instruction encourages students to critically think through the arguments being developed, and to discuss their ideas and insights with their neighbors. ... Student satisfaction with the courses have been high. ... Back to Paul Green's HomePage . ...
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14. The Leonid meteors: highlights of the November night sky | Astronotes
Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Meteors and Meteorites . ... Stars . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... This famous depiction of the Leonids was based on a first hand account of a meteor storm by a minister, Joseph Harvey Waggoner. ... In the autumn the Great Square of Pegasus is visible in the southern night sky. ... I hope this guide to the November night sky is helpful and have fun star sight-seeing! ... Tweets that mention The Leonid meteors: highlights of the November night sky | ...
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15. HST
... These Frontier Fields will combine the power of HST with the natural gravitational telescopes of high-magnification clusters of galaxies. ... We are soliciting gravitational lensing maps for the last four Hubble Frontier Fields clusters (MACSJ0717.5+3745, MACSJ1149.5+2223, AbellS1063, and Abell 370) based upon the exceptionally deep HST FF imaging and other new ancillary data. ... For the full set of proposal instructions and requirements, see the FY16 Frontier Fields Lensing Map Call for Proposals....
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16. Armagh Observatory
... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . Full Programme in PDF format . The City of Armagh and Armagh Observatory are honoured to be hosting the Ninth European Symposium for the Protection of the Night Sky, an international conference from 17th to 19th September to discuss light pollution and its impact on astronomy and our view of the night sky, and its effect on the natural environment, education, wildlife and public health. ... Dark Skies Campaign . ...
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17. Education results 2002
. About us . Divisions . Telescopes . Science . Publications . Education . Service . Contacts . Archive 2002: . The 7th International astronomical olympiad for high-school students was conducted with the participation of teams from 11 countries (68 participants). The 9th Russian school of astronomy for the winners of the Russian astronomical olympiad (20 participants) was conducted. Archive . Any questions to webmaster . Last update: 19/02/2014
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18. http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~polar/html/CV/cv2006.txt
... 13, Moscow, Russia +7 (495) 939-50-06 (phone) +7 (495) 932-88-41 (FAX) e-mail: polar (at) sai.msu.ru; sergepolar (at) gmail.com URL: http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~polar/ EDUCATION Moscow State University, Russia. Ph.D. in Astrophysics 1998 "Population synthesis of X-ray sources after the burst of starformation and evolution of isolated neutron stars" Supervisor: Prof. V.M. Lipunov Moscow State University, Russia. ... Young Scientists Research Award, Awarded by Moscow State University 2006 3.) ...
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19. Astronomical Schools
... Therefore, the observatory supports educational events, occured in the SAO, including astronomical and astrophysical schools, lectures and excursions at the SAO's telescopes. ... Thursday 9-00 Breakfast 9-30 Opening of the School and Astronomical Olimpiad 10-15 Photo of particapants (near the SAO entrance) 10-30 Lecture about Specail Astrophysical observatory. Chentsov E.L. 13-30 Lunch 14-00 Excursion to historical places of Nizhnij Arkhyz 18-00 Dinner 19-00 Acquaintance evening. ...
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20. School 1522 Programs
... Classical School N1522 ensures general secondary education and in addition gives good knowledge of English, history and literature of English-speaking countries. ... All graduates come to meet their teachers and friends, to remember nice years of school life: The Club of International Friendship which united children who made, contacts with teenagers of English-speaking countries by exchanging letters, receiving foreign delegations and that was the way they improved their speaking skills of English....
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http://www.schools.keldysh.ru/gym1522/teacheng.htm -- 6.3 -- 22.11.2001
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