Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Dec 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008adspr..42.1806s&link_type=abstract
Advances in Space Research, Volume 42, Issue 11, p. 1806-1813.
Mathematics
Logic
Scientific paper
This work presents the educational approach of using total solar eclipse occurrences as a scientific process learning aid. The work reviews the basic scientific aims and experiments included in the observational programs “Total solar eclipse 1999 and 2006” (Stoev, A., Kiskinova, N., Muglova, P. et al. Complex observational programme of the Yuri Gagarin Public Astronomical Observatory and STIL, BAS, Stara Zagora Department for the August 11, 1999 total solar eclipse, in: Total Solar Eclipse 1999 Observational Programmes and Coordination, Proceedings, Recol, Haskovo, pp. 133 137, 1999a (in Bulgarian); Stoeva, P.V., Stoev, A.D., Kostadinov, I.N. et al. Solar Corona and Atmospheric Effects during the March 29, 2006 Total Solar Eclipse, in: 11th International Science Conference SOLAR Terrestrial Influences, Sofia, November 24 25, pp. 69 72, 2005). Results from teaching and training the students in the procedures, methods and equipment necessary for the observation of a total solar eclipse (TSE) at the Yuri Gagarin Public Astronomical Observatory (PAO) in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, as well as the selection process used in determining participation in the different observational teams are discussed. The final stages reveal the special methodology used to investigate the level of “pretensions”, the levels of ambition displayed by the students in achieving each independent goal, and the setting of goals in context with their problem solving capabilities and information gathering abilities in the scientific observation process. Results obtained from the observational experiments are interpreted mainly in the following themes:Investigation of the structure of the white-light solar corona and evolution of separate coronal elements during the total phase of the eclipse;Photometry of the white-light solar corona and specific emission lines;Meteorological, actinometrical and optical atmospheric investigations;Astrometry of the Moon during the phase evolution of the eclipse andBiological and behavioral reactions of highly organized colonies (ants and bats) during the eclipse. It is also shown that the students benefit from the activities of processing data, observational results and their interpretation, and preparation of summary reports. This exercise is intended to provide the basic training necessary to develop the creativity of the students and amateur astronomers involved. This will enable the students from the Astronomy schools at Public Astronomical Observatories and Planetaria (PAOP) to further develop their creative skills, emotional volitional personal qualities with an orientation towards scientific analysis, using observations and experiments, to build an effective scientific style of thinking. Students of the Yuri Gagarin Public Astronomical Observatory, whom are already being nurtured in this manner, should be able to participate with great success in Scientific Research Programs devoted to the International Heliophysical Year.
Stoev Alexey D.
Stoeva Penka V.
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