From: Andy Coblentz (acsl@sirius.com)
Date: Tue Feb 01 2000 - 05:57:22 PST
Message-ID: <002701bf6cbc$440fc980$bb29fea9@oemcomputer> From: "Andy Coblentz" <acsl@sirius.com> Subject: Re: Pinhole Digest #335 - 01/25/00 Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 05:57:22 -0800
Does anyone have any good genetics activities for 6th and 6th grade?
Andy Coblentz
acsl@sirius.com
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Subject: Pinhole Digest #335 - 01/25/00
> Pinhole Digest #335 - Tuesday, January 25, 2000
>
> (no subject)
> by "lzielin" <lzielin@interaccess.com>
> Project ASTRO
> by "Lori Lambertson" <loril@exploratorium.edu>
> Re: pinhole Summer program for students
> by "Lori Lambertson" <loril@exploratorium.edu>
> diesel and menstruation
> by "Geoff Ruth" <gruth@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
> Fwd: Project ASTRO Accepting Applications
> by <lindas@exploratorium.edu>
> Re: pinhole diesel and menstruation
> by <NFetter@aol.com>
> Re: pinhole journalist seeking inspirational teachers
> by <SFPhysics@aol.com>
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> Subject:
> From: "lzielin" <lzielin@interaccess.com>
> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 00 09:24:09 -0600
>
> Hi All... two questions
>
> If there a quick, in-the-head type of way for changing Celcius
temperatures to
> Ferinheit ones FOR NEGATIVE VALUES? I have one for positive values....
> take the Celcius value multiply by 2 subtract 10% and add 32.... how about
> NEGATIVE Values?
>
> Is ther an quick,in-the-head tyupe of way to convert temperature and
dewpoint
> to RELATIVE HUMIDITY?
>
> Lynne
>
> Lynne Zielinski
> lzielin@interaccess.com
> lzielin@ssl.berkeley.edu
> (847) 612-4079
>
>
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>
> Subject: Project ASTRO
> From: "Lori Lambertson" <loril@exploratorium.edu>
> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:26:54 -0800
>
> Would You Like an Astronomer in Your Classroom?
>
> Project ASTRO pairs Bay Area teachers in grades 4-9 with amateur and
> professional astronomers, who commit to at least four classroom visits.
> Teacher and astronomer partners train together at a free 2-day summer
> workshop where they learn to do hands-on inquiry-based astronomy
activities
> that involve students in the process of science. Workshop participants
> receive Project ASTRO's 800-page curriculum resource guide, "The Universe
> at Your Fingertips."
>
> Project ASTRO is a program of the nonprofit Astronomical Society of the
> Pacific and is funded by a variety of individual and corporate sponsors
> including Oracle Corporation, Mentor Graphics, the Clorox Company
> Foundation, and Lockheed Martin. This popular astronomy-teaching program,
> which began in the Bay Area in 1993 and has now expanded to 11 other sites
> around the country, always receives rave reviews from participants. The
> program emphasizes ongoing teacher-astronomer partnerships, not just
> one-time class visits. Many Project ASTRO partnerships go beyond the
> classroom to organize stargazing events, field trips, or astronomy clubs.
>
> Applications are now being taken for the 2000-2001 school year. The
> deadline is April 26. Space is limited to 20-25 partnerships. All
> participants are required to attend the free training workshop, which will
> be held August 11-12, 2000, at the San Mateo County Office of Education in
> Redwood City. One unit of academic credit is available for the workshop.
> Teachers must commit to teaching astronomy during the 2000-2001 school
> year, but prior experience teaching astronomy is NOT required.
>
> Teacher application forms are available from Project ASTRO, 390 Ashton
> Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112; tel. 415-337-1100 ext. 101; email
> astro@aspsky.org. Forms can also be downloaded from
> www.aspsky.org/astro/teacher.html.
>
>
>
>
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>
> Subject: Re: pinhole Summer program for students
> From: "Lori Lambertson" <loril@exploratorium.edu>
> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:48:02 -0800
>
> Hi Terry,
> Nice to hear from you. The summer opportunities for high school students
> and college freshmen (young men and women 15 to 19 years old) are with our
> Explainer program. Randy Chavez and Darlene Librero are in charge of our
> High School Explainer Program. The only way to secure an interview with
> them for a summer position is to call the main museum phone number (415)
> 563 7337 on MAY 1st. That is the only day to schedule an interview!
Those
> interested must be at least 15 years old.
> Please pass on this information to your interested students. Also, it is
> important for students to know that they do NOT have to be "good in
> science" or "A students" to work here. Darlene and Randy hire young
people
> that are interested in working with people and who like to learn new
> things. Our high school Explainers are a very diverse group.
> Cheers.
> Lori
>
> >Hi ya'all,
> >I have been talking about the Exploratorium to my students and have
> >one who is interested in participating in the summer program for
> >students. Is there an application for her to fill out, and if so,
> >could you send us the information and application? I look forward to
> >applying for the workshop for alumni myself. Thank you for all of
> >the wonderful activities you have provided to us.
> >Terry Rakes
> >
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> Subject: diesel and menstruation
> From: "Geoff Ruth" <gruth@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 10:56:20 -0800
>
> I have two unrelated questions:
>
> 1. Diesel engines have better fuel efficiency than gasoline engines. Yet I
> thought that 1 L of gas had a higher energy content than a liter of
diesel.
> So why then would diesel be more efficient? Is it because gas engines
> create more power, but do so very inefficiently?
>
> 2. Is there any sort of scientific explanation for why women's menstrual
> cycles often line up with lunar cycles?
>
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> Subject: Fwd: Project ASTRO Accepting Applications
> From: <lindas@exploratorium.edu>
> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 20:33:11 GMT
>
> Forwarded Message:
> > To: (Recipient list suppressed)
> > From: Andrew Fraknoi <fraknoi@admin.fhda.edu>
> > Subject: Project ASTRO Accepting Applications
> > Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 22:03:03 -0800
> > -----
> > Dear Colleague:
> >
> > Could we ask you to post or forward the following
> > announcement for interested teachers?
> >
> > Thanks so much,
> > Andy Fraknoi
> > =======================================
> >
> > Would You Like an Astronomer in Your Classroom?
> > Apply to be a Project ASTRO Teacher
> >
> > Project ASTRO pairs Bay Area teachers in grades
> > 4 - 9 with amateur and professional astronomers, who
> > commit to make at least four classroom visits. Teacher and
> > astronomer partners train together at a free 2-day summer
> > workshop where they learn to do hands-on, inquiry-based
> > astronomy activities that involve students in the process
> > of science. Workshop participants also receive Project
> > ASTRO's 800-page curriculum resource guide,
> > "The Universe at Your Fingertips."
> >
> > Project ASTRO is a program of the nonprofit
> > Astronomical Society of the Pacific and is funded by a
> > variety of individual and corporate sponsors, including
> > Oracle Corporation, Mentor Graphics, the Clorox
> > Company Foundation, and Lockheed Martin. (This
> > popular science-teaching enhancement program began
> > in the Bay Area in 1993 and has now expanded to 11
> > other sites around the country.) The emphasis is on
> > continuing teacher-astronomer partnerships, not just
> > one-time class visits. Many Project ASTRO partnerships
> > go beyond the classroom to organize stargazing events,
> > field trips, or astronomy clubs.
> >
> > Applications are now being taken for the 2000-2001
> > school year. The deadline is April 26 and space is limited
> > to 20-25 partnerships. All participants are required to
> > attend the free training workshop, which will be held
> > August 11-12, 2000, at the San Mateo County Office of
> > Education in Redwood City. One unit of academic credit
> > is available for the workshop. Teachers must commit to
> > teaching astronomy during the 2000-2001 school year,
> > but prior experience teaching astronomy is NOT required.
> >
> > Teacher application forms are available from:
> > Project ASTRO, 390 Ashton Avenue,
> > San Francisco, CA 94112;
> > Tel.: 415-337-1100 ext. 101;
> > Email: astro@aspsky.org.
> > Forms can also be downloaded from:
> > www.aspsky.org/astro/teacher.html.
> >
> >
> > ====================================================
> > Andrew Fraknoi
> > Astronomy Department, Foothill College
> > 12345 El Monte Rd., Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
> > Tel (Mon - Thu): 650-949-7288
> > Tel (Fri): 415-337-1100 x 120
> > FAX: 415-337-5205
> > E-mail: fraknoi@admin.fhda.edu
> > ====================================================
> >
> >
>
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> Subject: Re: pinhole diesel and menstruation
> From: <NFetter@aol.com>
> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:12:36 EST
>
> Hi Geoff,
> Answer to your first question: The compression ratio of diesel engines is
> much higher than gas engines, so the energy obtained from the fuel is more
> efficiently used. Also both gas and diesel fuel are mixtures of
hydrocarbons,
> so the heat energy per gram of fuel should be the almost the same.
> Diesel fuel is a low volatility hydrocarbon mix that can only be ignited
by
> the heat of compression in the diesel engine. Gas engines require a more
> volatile mix and use a spark or glow plug to ignite the fuel.
> Answer to the second question: Ho, ho--you can't be serious.
> Neil Fetter
>
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> Subject: Re: pinhole journalist seeking inspirational teachers
> From: <SFPhysics@aol.com>
> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 00:45:43 EST
>
> Dear Sonja,
>
> The first teachers that come to mind would be the engineer who teaches
math,
> science, and robotics at Burton High in San Francisco and one or two
others
> at that very special school. Check there as these people are really
> dedicated to making a difference for minimal pay that is but a fraction of
> what they could make in industry. I wish I had their names for you; but,
> what with the district shuffling me all over, I have lost all of my
science
> resource files.
>
> Al Sefl
>
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