From: Fred Muller (FMuller@nde.org)
Date: Tue Feb 01 2000 - 09:57:40 PST
Message-ID: <11933DA3AFF9D111B3E608000953A6E3FF64@PAVILION> From: Fred Muller <FMuller@nde.org> Subject: RE: Pinhole Digest #335 - 01/25/00 Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 09:57:40 -0800
There are several great genetics actvities Favorite Labs From Outstanding
Teachers by the NABT.One of my favorites is a Cookie Analogy,where students
bake cookies from four different recipes.The recipes become the DNA,
etc.I've used this with both High School Biology and Jr. High School Life
Science.
Fred Muller
Notre Dame Elementary
Belmont
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From: Andy Coblentz [mailto:acsl@sirius.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 5:57 AM
To: Pinhole Listserv
Subject: Re: Pinhole Digest #335 - 01/25/00
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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