Mercury the week of Feb. 26th 2019
Today’s show shows you where to find Mercury in the sky. If you go out right after sunset and look to the West, Mercury will be the first star you see low in the sky near where the sun set....
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Venus and Saturn on the morning of February 17th and 18th
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.
Finding Taurus the Bull and the Pleiades in the Winter Sky
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...
Sirius, the Dog Star and the Winter Triangle
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.
Sequoia National Park: The Giant Forest
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.
Orion’s Belt Stars, Sword, and the Orion Nebula
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...
Orion the Hunter and it’s Stars
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...
The Dance of Venus, Jupiter, and the Moon
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...
Venus and Jupiter Rising January 24th 2019
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.
I Was Awarded The Mayor’s Award Of Excellence!
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...
Working on an Astronomy Book
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,...
Physics and Programming using the Unity 3D Game Engine
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...
Live from Norway
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,...
EdTech 521: Netiquette Rules
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...
Second Life Astronomy Lesson
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...
MIT App Inventor in Education
MIT App Inventor (http://appinventor.mit.edu/) is a cloud-based programming environment that allows you to create apps in a web browser that can be tested on an Android emulator and then uploaded to an Android device. App Inventor’s app building environment uses...
The Seven Core Elements Of Well Designed Games Applied To Educational Games
My goal was to find some good mobile educational games. I’d love to find some educational experiences for my students that would put them into that gaming state of mind, where time and boredom cease to exist and play takes...
Not Ready Player One
I’m three weeks into two courses on VR and AR for education and so far I’m a bit disappointed in both. I was similarly disappointed when I signed up, did all the paperwork for, and brought Google Expeditions to my...
Minecraft in Education
The first step in getting anything used in the classroom is to train the teacher. So when it comes to using Minecraft in the classroom there is a really steep learning curve. I say it’s steep partially in jest, because...
Three Augmented Reality Apps Reviewed
In my Gamified Augmented Reality and Mobile Education course at Boise State we were asked to review three educational Apps as to their potential educational use and value along with the strengths and limitations of each app. I tested Quiver,...
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