Guest Speakers at UNL

• Astronomy Demonstrations – Dr. Dale Stille, University of Iowa, and Dr. Cliff Bettis, UNL – October 3, 2009
  

  In this 2009 Astronomy Education Workshop session Dr. Dale Stille and Dr. Cliff Bettis present a wide variety of classroom demonstrations that illustrate astronomy related physics principles.

• Archeoastronomy for the Classroom – Dr. Tyler Nordgren, University of Redlands – October 3, 2009
  

  In this 2009 Astronomy Education Workshop session Dr. Tyler Nordgren shows how archeoastronomy can be used to lead students into making their own observations of the sky, thereby reinforcing what they've learned in the classroom.

• Sky Above, Earth Below: Astronomy and the National Parks – Dr. Tyler Nordgren, University of Redlands – October 2, 2009
  

  Dr. Tyler Nordgren shows the opportunities the national parks provide in understanding and appreciating the heavens – one of the key ways being the refuge they provide from heavily light-polluted urban skies.

• Are You Really Teaching if No One is Learning? – Dr. Edward Prather, University of Arizona – September 25, 2009
  

  Dr. Edward Prather challenges instructors to critically evaluate their teaching methods. He shows how to employ research proven teaching strategies, such as voting questions and small group activities, to improve students’ understanding. This talk provides an excellent explanation for why a project like ClassAction exists.

• Chicken Little Was Right, the Sky IS Falling! – Dr. Terry Oswalt, Florida Institute of Technology – February 5, 2009
  

  In this lecture Dr. Terry Oswalt talks about the risks from Near Earth Objects (NEOs).

• Citizen Science: From the Sky to Your Desktop – Dr. Pamela Gay, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville – October 10, 2008
  

  Dr. Pamela Gay talks about the many ways amateur astronomers – citizen scientists – can make meaningful scientific contributions, from observing variable stars to participating in online projects like Galaxy Zoo.

• Podcasting As Podteaching – Dr. Pamela Gay, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville – October 10, 2008
  

  In this presentation Dr. Pamela Gay talks about podcasting and shares what she's learned as cohost of the popular Astronomy Cast podcast.