Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics
As a fourth grade teacher at Fruitvale School in Oakland, California, I have been delighted to be part of NASA's and the Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics' (CEA's) Space Astrophysics and Satellite Missions Operations program, learning how to impart the joys of astrophysics (and science in general) to our school population. I've learned a great deal about using the Internet, too, particularly in designing web pages for education.
Check out this link to my EUVE Satellite Dataflow Lesson Plan, a great demonstration to do with students (or anyone who wants to have some fun with science!). They (and you) will get a good feel for the mechanics of a signal (light) bouncing from star to a satellite to a scientist on earth and back. (Haven`t you ever wondered just how that TV or radio or telephone signal sent via satellite really gets back to you? This will show you!)
Our school district's homepage, OUSD, not only links many of our schools where you can see what amazing things schoolchildren are doing now, but also has excellent links for curriculum resources.
Like everyone else, I cannot resist having a list (I'll keep it short) of great places to go that reflect some of my many interests. There are also a few pages of people who already have great lists. I encourage you to surf off their waves to your heart's content. Why reinvent the wheel? (Any New Yorker readers remember "Block that metaphor"? I sure miss those little features at the end of the columns. Anybody else?)
"Live
From the Hubble Space Telescope" Lots of fun. Check out the teacher's guide. We're there as activity 2-D,
Bouncing Data around the World. If you've come from there, you can get back to the main page this way.
SEDS Students for the Exploration and Development of Space. One of the best astronomy pages ever!HST's
Greatest Hits 1990-1995 Gallery Some of the best images from the Hubble Space Telescope.Science
Friday's Hotspots A huge listing of some of the most interesting science topics imaginable, and extremely well
organized, too. Have fun there!Earth
Viewer One from that list I couldn't resist. See where it's dark or light anywhere on the Earth right now!
and much more!MegaMath
From Los Alamos National Labs. Learn lots from the graph theory pages.
National
Public Radio Are you listening?The
National Trust for Historic Preservation is committed to saving America's diverse historic environments. The
Renaissance Faire is a collection of information for the actor in us all.The
Salmon Page from P. Nelson's 5th grade, Riverdale School, Portland Oregon. Impressive whole school homepage
here, too.The
Casbah D. Siegel's excellent treatise on Web design. Thank you, Mr. Siegel.
Dave`s
World Astronomy, satellites, geography, government and more.Harry
Patsch's Bookmarks are some of the best of every topic, particularly related to education.
And just like everyone else, I can't resist having a picture of my beautiful children, in front of the roots of a fallen Sequoiadendron gigantea , a giant sequoia, in the Tuolomne Grove of Yosemite National Park.
Up for more pictures? Presenting: the Satellite dataflow authors, on the Berkeley campus.
For more information, email your comments to mwilson@ousd.k12.ca.us
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