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Astronomy Education in the East [PDF]
Highlights of Astronomy, 1998 In the IAU, there is the Commission 46 “Teaching of Astronomy” to which at least one representative from each member country belongs. At an occasion of the Asian-Pacific regional meeting of the IAU held in Beijing in 1987, there was a resolution to set up a committee of Teaching of Astronomy in the Asian-Pacific region.
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Digital Astronomy in Education
International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 2007 What causes seasons? Why day and night durations are so different with seasons? Why the position of the full moon seems directed to the south in summer while it seems directed to the north in winter? It is the purpose of this computer simulation to provide an interactive application, programmed in Java language to explore the issues related to the ...
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A Review of High School Level Astronomy Student Research Projects over the last two decades [PDF]
, 2014 Since the early 1990s with the arrival of a variety of new technologies, the capacity for authentic astronomical research at the high school level has skyrocketed.
Danaia, Lena +4 more
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Preparing Undergraduates for Research Careers: Using Astrobites in the Classroom
, 2012 Because undergraduate participation in research is a longstanding and increasingly important aspect of the career path for future scientists, students can benefit from additional resources to introduce them to the culture and process of research.
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The United Nations Basic Space Science Initiative: The TRIPOD concept [PDF]
, 2006 Since 1990, the United Nations is annually holding a workshop on basic space science for the benefit of the worldwide development of astronomy. Additional to the scientific benefits of the workshops and the strengthening of international cooperation, the
A.M. Mathai +15 more
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Shaping Attitudes Toward Science in an Introductory Astronomy Class
, 2009 At many universities, astronomy is a popular way for non-science majors to fulfill a general education requirement. Because general-education astronomy may be the only college-level science course taken by these students, it is the last chance to shape ...
Adams W. K., David Wittman
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Using graphical and pictorial representations to teach introductory astronomy students about the detection of extrasolar planets via gravitational microlensing [PDF]
, 2016 The detection and study of extrasolar planets is an exciting and thriving field in modern astrophysics, and an increasingly popular topic in introductory astronomy courses.
Bransford J. D. +11 more
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Chirality and Organization of Adsorbates Modify Surface Phonon Dynamics
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Chirality and molecular organization are shown to influence surface phonon dynamics in gold films. Time‐resolved Joule heating measurements reveal that ordered homochiral monolayers increase the Debye temperature and disordered layers reduce it, while ordered racemic controls have no effect.
Meital Ozeri +6 more
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Astronomer and Metrologist Fricis Blumbahs (1864–1949) [PDF]
Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum, 2015 Fricis Blumbahs (Fritz Blumbach) was one of the first Latvians to acquire higher education in astronomy and he made an outstanding contribution to the culture and science of Latvia during his lifetime.
Jānis Kaminskis, Jānis Klētnieks
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Developing Basic Space Science World Wide: Progress Report
, 2004 The UN/ESA Workshops on Basic Space Science is a long-term effort for the development of astronomy and regional and international co-operation in this field on a world wide basis, particularly in developing nations.
Hans J. Haubold +2 more
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