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Comments on the Common Core Standards

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Constance L. Martin-TrembleyMay 27, 2013

Comments on the Common Core Standards from a teacher in Michigan.

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Posted in Education | Tagged Common Core, Science, Teaching | 1 Reply

Astronomy Education in Michigan and the US

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Bob TrembleyMay 26, 2013

Blog Post: Commentary by my wife and I about how astronomy education in Michigan and the US needs to change.

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Posted in Astronomy, Commentary, Education | Tagged NGSS, Science, STEM, Teaching | 1 Reply

Astronomy Is The Gateway To All Other Sciences

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Bob TrembleyJune 16, 2012

“Judging from the [Venus] Transit event last week, if every professional scientist made it a point to do a public stargazing event once a month across the nation, and used university or school or personal money to buy a 6″ … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Commentary, Outreach, Science | Tagged Gateway, Science | 1 Reply

Bob Trembley

Bob and his telescope

* Lifelong amateur astronomer
* Volunteer NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador
* Outreach Officer for the Warren Astronomical Society
* Blogger for the Vatican Observatory Foundation

I do a lot of astronomy outreach; I lecture about astronomy and space science, and set up his telescopes at schools, planetariums, conventions, and other venues.

I am fantastically interested in asteroids and near-Earth objects (NEOs), and a HUGE fan of space visualization applications like Kerbal Space Program and NASA Eyes on the Solar System.

I am determined to improve the teaching of astronomy, space science, and space history throughout Michigan, and the U.S.

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  • In the Sky This Week – December 10, 2019
    I mentioned the Starlink satellite constellation to students in my after-school astronomy and space science club, and afterwards got into a discussion about space junk. I told the students that when I was their age, there were only a handful of man-made objects in Earth orbit. Today, there are thousands of objects in orbit - […]
  • In the Sky This Week – December 3, 2019
    At last night's meeting of the Warren Astronomical Society, the topic of the Starlink satellite constellation came up during the "In the News" segment, and a groan of dismay could be heard from the entire audience. If you are unfamiliar with Starlink, it is a constellation of potentially tens of thousands of communication satellites created […]
  • In the Sky This Week – November 26, 2019
    Last week I had students in my after-school astronomy and space science club build and fly rockets in Kerbal Space Program. I had them launch and recover a small pre-made rocket, and build-from-scratch a sub-orbital crewed rocket, similar to a Mercury Redstone. The very next day, I gave the "In the News" report at the […]
  • In the Sky This Week – November 19, 2019
    In last week's session of my after-school club, the Endeavour Space Academy, I ran the students through a very quick tour of the solar system using both NASA's Eyes on the Solar System app, and the NASA Solar System Exploration website. Only a couple of the students knew anything at all about the solar system, […]
  • In the Sky This Week – November 12, 2019
    I hope you had better luck than I did seeing the transit of Mercury... a good portion of North America was shrouded in clouds - I got several inches of snow! Even the website I pointed readers to last week to view the transit online was not broadcasting due to clouds. I ended up watching it […]
  • In the Sky This Week – November 5, 2019
    Jupiter is low on the horizon, and Saturn is high in the southwestern sky after sunset  this week. Mars appears low in the eastern sky just before sunrise. The Moon appears in the south-southeastern sky after sunset this week - going from first quarter, to a waxing gibbous, to full early next week. The full […]
  • In the Sky This Week – October 29, 2019
    The Moon appears near both Jupiter and Saturn this week in the southwestern sky at dusk. Saturn and Jupiter are excellent observing targets; Jupiter is getting lower towards the horizon each evening, and will be lost in the glare of the Sun in early December. Note: This region of the sky will have a conjunction […]
  • In the Sky This Week – October 22, 2019
    Saturn and Jupiter continue to be excellent observing targets in the southern sky after sunset; this last weekend. The Warren Astronomical Society hosted a boatload of girl and boy scouts at their Stargate Observatory this last weekend - I was with the girl scouts before dusk showing them a virtual reality fly-over of Saturn, another […]
  • In the Sky This Week – October 15, 2019
    Saturn and Jupiter are excellent observing targets all week after sunset - Jupiter is getting lower towards the horizon each evening. I'm also noting that it's getting darker earlier each evening. The Moon appears in the predawn sky this week, moving from west to east; the waning gibbous Moon appears high in the western sky […]
  • Endeavour Space Academy – 2019 Session #2: An Unexpected Lesson in Light Pollution
    I started off our last club meeting by showing my "In the Sky" post I'd written the day before - hey... why not!? Several of the students said that they had seen Ursa Major, and a couple said they could see the Mizar/Alcor double star! This week's constellation was Cassiopeia; I showed the students where to […]

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