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Computing the Eclipse: Astronomy in the Wolfram Language

Stephen Wolfram

Here’s the astro position of the Sun (in local horizon coordinates) at the time and place of maximum eclipse: And here now is the almost-exactly-equal result for the Moon: What will it actually look like in the sky? But what about the actual positions in the sky?

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To Serve All of Our Students, 'We Have to Do Something Different'

ED Surge

Similarly in schools, we put a lot of focus on giving all students the same thing (equality), and perhaps not enough on giving each student what they need (equity). And finally, sometimes it makes sense to set our local contexts aside and explore the universality of a particular content area such as math, or physics, or social science.

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What can stars reveal about galaxies and what can cultures reveal about stars?

Futurum

LIGHT-YEAR – the distance travelled by light in one year (equal to ~9,000,000,000,000 km). PROFESSOR RAJA GUHATHAKURTA Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics University of California Santa Cruz, USA. . Amanda talks about her astronomy work to a class of school students over Skype. SUPERNOVA – the explosion of a star.

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Bending Space-Time: General Relativity

STEMe

In this article, we will explore how the theory of general relativity transformed our understanding of gravity, reshaped the very fabric of modern physics, and anticipated future cosmological events currently beyond our understanding. This is where Einstein arrived and changed the state of physics forever. Physics World.

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The Past, Present and Future of Women in STEM

PCS Edventures

They studied arithmetic, geometry and astronomy, and some nuns even studied herbal medication and wrote books on the natural world (Pak, 2018). Women from wealthy families and of noble backgrounds were often allowed to pursue diverse interests ranging from literature to physics.

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STEM in Science Classrooms – Difference Between Science and Technology

STEM Education Guide

Science in STEM It encompasses fields such as geology, chemistry, physics, biology, and astronomy. —— Collaborative Reasoning Technology tools enable learners’ collaborative reasoning around STEM education in science, equalizing participation. It also helps groups and individuals elevate their ideas.

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Examining the extremely small

Futurum

A nanometre (nm) is a unit of measurement equal to a billionth of a metre, or 0.000001 mm. Nanoscientists manipulate materials at the atomic and molecular level, and thus nanoscience merges physics, chemistry, materials science and biology,” explains Susanne. How small are things at the nanoscale?