I can be Pluto. Than I won't have to move. ------------------------------ On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 1:48 PM MDT Seth Jarvis wrote:
That's cool.
Our Education Dept folks do something very similar to that every time they do a teacher training, and it absolutely works to help make the subject clear to people who, while comprehending the words in the textbook, are nonetheless a bit fuzzy on the geometry. When they participate in the "human solar system" they have no problem understanding retrograde motion.
There's actually a whole school of thought on the subject of teaching astronomy by getting people out of their chairs and moving around the room - it's called "kinesthetic" astronomy education. The teachers we work with all think it's awesome.
Seth
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Brent Watson Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 1:19 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Replicating a hissing meteor
Long ago, in the early 90s, when Wayne Sumner and I gave away telescopes to schools, I demonstrated retrograde motion in a SLAS meeting. It involved setting everyone in a large circle and then replicating a portion of the solar system. I still believe that helped people understand why there is retrograde motion. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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