By Michael Doig on Tuesday, September 29, 2009Filed Under: Asides
Imagine Science Film Festival New York, October 15 – 24, 2009 – This year’s Imagine Science Film Festival includes 50 Films (4 features and 46 shorts) which will be shown over 10-days. The 2009 FILMS and SCHEDULE are now online.
By Michael Doig on Thursday, September 24, 2009Filed Under: Asides
1337arts Project Site – On Sept. 2, 2009, we launched a digital camera into near-space to take photographs of the earth from high up above…for less than a grand total of $150.
By Michael Doig on Saturday, September 19, 2009Filed Under: Asides
New York has updated the Earth Science Reference Tables for 2010. Several of the diagrams are much easier to read.
By Michael Doig on Thursday, September 17, 2009Filed Under: Asides, Video
Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party – One of the most amazing time-lapse videos I have ever seen.
By Michael Doig on Friday, September 11, 2009Filed Under: Asides, News
CNN.com – Amazing images of the Butterfly Nebula from the Hubble Space Telescope.
By Michael Doig on Saturday, September 5, 2009Filed Under: Asides, Teaching Tips
Apple Computer Automation – If you are using Apple Computers in your classroom. This automation tutorial is a must watch (opens in iTunes). Requires: Apple Remote Desktop.
By Michael Doig on Thursday, September 3, 2009Filed Under: Asides
Science & The Arts Fall 2009 Events – Reykjavik, Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp Through M.I.T’s Male Math Maze, Science Film Shorts, The Theory of Everything, DJ Spooky and the Science of Terra Nova
By Michael Doig on Sunday, August 23, 2009Filed Under: Asides
CNN.com – “the powerful devices will be able to show what the universe was like when it was just a few hundred million years old and emerging from a period of total darkness after the Big Bang.”
By Michael Doig on Thursday, August 20, 2009Filed Under: Asides
NY Times Blog – “On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.”
By Michael Doig on Thursday, August 20, 2009Filed Under: Asides
Target Field Trip Grants – Up to $800 to take students out of the classroom. Deadline is November 3, 2009.