Session 13. Astronomy Education

Display, Monday, June 3, 2002, 9:20am-6:30pm, SW Exhibit Hall

13.01 SABER: A Searchable Annotated Bibliography of Education Research in Astronomy

G. Brissenden (CDES), D. H. Bruning (Univ. of Wisc.-Parkside, Dept. of Pysics), T. F. Slater (Univ. of Arizona, Dept. of Astronomy)

13.02 Astronomy Education Research: A Review of the Field

J. M. Bailey (Department of Astronomy, University of Arizona)

13.03 Reaching the Students: A New Approach to Enhancing Science Literacy

B. J. McNamara, C. C. Burnham (New Mexico State University)

13.04 Using Science Fiction in the Classroom

L.A. Lebofsky, N.R. Lebofsky (University of Arizona)

13.05 Astronomy and Public Policy

S. Hameed, S. Edwards (Smith College/UMass)

13.06 ``To See Cosmology in a Quetzal..."

D.E. Neuenschwander (Southern Nazarene University, Dept. of Physics), L. Finkenbinder (Southern Nazarene University, Dept. of Biology)

13.07 Learner Centered Introductory Astronomy Community College Course

C. J. Sprague (Central Arizoan College), M. R. Grill (Phoenix University and Cental Arizona College), C. L. Genet, R. M. Genet (Central Arizona College and the Orion Institute)

13.08 Community College Class Devoted to Astronomical Research

R. M. Genet, C. L. Genet (Orion Institute and the Union Institute and University)

13.09 Internet-based Astronomy Education in the Rural Southwest

N. Duric (University of New Mexico), W. Ryan, E. Ryan (NM Highlands University), R. Friedberg, S. Semken, W. Bryan (Dine College), A. Shultz (Fort Lewis College), D. Wood (NM Highlands University), C. Pennypacker (UC Berkeley), G. Gisler (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

13.10 Advanced Undergraduate Computer Based Astronomy Lab. The 3K Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR).

M. H. Slovak (LSU)

13.11 Exploring the Moon's Motion using Fourier Analysis

R. M. Elowitz (Applied Technology Associates/AFRL)

13.12 M Dwarfs to Quasars: The Chandra Multiwavelength Project (ChaMP) X-ray Survey

E. J. Hooper (UT Austin), B. J. Wilkes, P. J. Green, J. D. Silverman (CfA), B. J. Wills (UT Austin), D.-W. Kim, J. E. Grindlay, R. A. Cameron, H. Tananbaum (CfA), ChaMP Collaboration

13.13 Accessible Universe: Making Astronomy Accessible to All in the Regular Elementary Classroom

C. A. Grady (NOAO and GSFC), N. Farley, F. Avery, E. Zamboni, B. Clark, N. Geiger, M. de Angelis (Howard County, MD Public Schools), B. Woodgate (NASA's GSFC)