Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006aas...20921813k&link_type=abstract
2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #218.13; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
Students being introduced to astronomy typically have a tough time grasping how the sky appears to change hourly/nightly and an even tougher time to relate these changes to Earth's motions. As good as recent sky simulators are, there are the issues of credibility and access. Exacerbating the problem is lack of time and opportunities for students to observe the real sky. During August, 2006, a group of 9th and 10th grade students attending an astronomy camp at University of Oregon's Pine Mountain Observatory, were directed to take wide field digital data to illustrate these sky motions. The data has been assembled into an online lesson plan at a link from http://pmo-sun.uoregon.edu/ pmo/.
Regardless of time of day, weather, or after school time constraints, students can now examine the real sky and synthesize a literal picture of the motions over short and long time intervals. Students can then derive the concepts of rotation and orbit of Earth.
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