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Like knowing the sites and streets of the town you live in, everyone should know something of their stellar neighborhood and be able to identify a few things if for no reason but to remind us that we are spinning...
This episode of Look! Up in The Sky showcases Venus and Saturn on the morning of February 17th and 18th where they rise very close together in the morning sky.
This episode of Look! Up in the Sky is about the Moon, Mars, and Uranus all bunched up in evening sky in Pisces on February 10th, 2019. Go out tonight and check it out.
A guide to finding Taurus and the Pleiades in the Winter sky. Taurus and the Pleiades can be found in the Winter Sky by first finding the constellation of Orion in the South-Eastern sky after sunset. Find belt stars of...
In this episode of Look! Up in the Sky, Tony shows you how to find Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. You also are introduced to the Winter Triangle consisting of Betelgeuse, Sirius, and Procyon.
This episode of Beautiful Places is a walk through The Giant Forest in the Winter right after a snow storm. The morning light shining through the trees as snow falls created an enchanted forest of light and snow. The video focuses on the General Sherman Tree, the largest tree in the world.
This episode of Look! Up in the Sky focuses on Orion’s belt and sword. You will learn the names of the stars that make up Orion’s belt and then how to find the sword. At the midpoint of the sword...
If you go out after sunset turn to the East and look up to find Orion the Hunter. You will see three stars in a line that make up the belt of Orion and four stars in a rectangle around...
In the weeks after January 25th, 2019 Venus, Jupiter, and the Moon perform a dance in the morning sky. The 25th begins with Venus, Jupiter, and Antares in a line in the Southeast sky right before sunrise. As the weeks...
I’ve been wanting to do a show about what you can see up in the sky for quite a while. Venus and Jupiter rising in the morning finally inspired me to just do it. Here’s the first show.
Whoop whoop! I was awarded the Mayor’s Award of Excellence for my service to the San Leandro Community. The story on the SLHS.net website reads: “SAN LEANDRO, CA: At the December City Council meeting, San Leandro High School teacher Tony...
Join me on a tour of The Earthquake Trail in Point Reyes, California. Along the way, I stop at a few kiosks and explain the geology one can learn there. I then visit a place where the ground moved sixteen...
You would think that with all the physics books I have written and the fact that I teach physics, that I really love physics. I don’t. I have never done that well in physics classes and for the most part,...
Pothole Dome is a granite dome in Yosemite right off the Tioga road, that has an abundance of geologic features showing the effects of glaciers and water under pressure. Pothole Dome is located in Tuolumne Meadows. If you’re driving from...
Link to lesson here. I’m hard at work on my next project creating a physics and programming curriculum using the Unity 3D Game Engine (Unity3d.com). I’ve been kicking the idea around for a while but just have not had the...
So there I was with my friend Rick, taking pictures on a hill near Point Bonita when I hear a voice saying “excuse me sir do you know you need a permit to film here?” I’ve heard this before and...
I finished the video of the Grand Teton climb! The video premiered at The Ascent, a kickoff show for the new season of Climbing for Kids. The crowd loved the show. I talked to many prospective climbers and hopefully convinced some...
I took a snowy trek through Methuselah Grove. What a magical and beautiful place. I had the park to myself as the snow closed the road. I hiked a few miles into the park and then into the Grove.
Cheryl and I took a trip to Norway and I filmed this home-movie style show. We did the “Norway in a Nutshell” trip from Oslo to Flåm on the Flåm Railway, the Nærøyfjord, Gudvangen, the steep hairpin bends of Stalheimskleiva,...
Differentiated Instruction Tier 1 strategies that I use are mostly adaptations in delivery. I create step by step instructions, video instructions, and I deliver the content live first. In online education it is important to provide multiple pathways for students...
Fast for Nonviolence Topic Choice Activity Introduction The goal of this lesson is to allow my students to research different topics in the struggle for nonviolence and discuss their choices in an online forum on a Moodle site I...
Website to Netiquette Lesson shown above. What is Netiquette? Netiquette is a proper way of relating to other people online. It involves respecting one another, and treating people as human beings deserve to be treated even though communication is not...
Strategies Rationale Participation Social Interaction Shared Identity Individual Identity Knowledge Generation Ownership Students will create avatars with their image Students will be able to recognize each other from their forum posts x x x Students will post a hello message...
In my Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds course we have been challenged to teach a lesson in a virtual world to the rest of the class. Something I have always wanted to do was build learning experiences in Second...
1.1 Creating / 5.1 Theoretical Foundations / 5.4 Ethics / EdTech 506
21 Feb, 2016
1.1 Creating / 3.3 Assessing/Evaluating / EdTech 506 / Reflection
5 Mar, 2016
1.1 Creating / 3.1 Creating / AECT Standard 1 (Content Knowledge) / EdTech 506
13 Mar, 2016
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