Blogging: NASA All-Stars Program

Check out some of my blog posts from the NASA All-Stars Summer Program.    

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Citations Citations Citations!!!

 Every day at the NASA All-Stars Summer program is an adventure!

There is an old saying, 'You learn something new every day." Well, that statement is so true.  Today my colleague Ms Wetzel had a interesting conversation with  NASA All-Stars program director, Dr. Don York, about citations.   During this conversation she learned something very interesting:   Astronomers use their own citation style.  Yes, there is a citation style used specifically by Astronomers!   Interesting right?  After a little research, she found the American Astronomical Society's website and found a guide sheet to assist the students with their citations.

The video below is a short iMovie I created that kind of represents the type of day we had.  It's just for fun!



 By the way, since I'm on the topic of citations, here's a cool article about citing Tweets posted on Twitter I found a couple of months ago:  

'How to Cite Tweets in an Academic Paper'
MLA and APA prepare for the future of the academic citation.
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2014/02/how-cite-tweets-academic-paper?utm_content=bufferc1913&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Source Citation
AAS Journal Reference Instructions | American Astronomical Society                                                                                          

http://aas.org/authors/aas-journal-reference-instructions

Quasars

Check out my Animoto short video about Quasars
Quasars

Sidereus Nucius

What an experience!

Yesterday the NASA All Stars participants visited The Regenstein Library on the University of Chicago Campus. I had the opportunity to read a first edition and rare book called, 'Sidereus Nucius' (Starry Messenger) by Galileo.  This book was published in 1610!

Miley and Sinbad

During the NASA All-Stars Summer program, the librarians had the opportunity to give a presentation about research and citing sources.   I shared two slides with the attendees that I also use when I give library orientation for my students every year during orientation.  The message really resonated with the program attendees, because they couldn't believe that this happened!   Now going into the last week of the program, the students will be using these skills learned to create their final project, a digital poster answering the question:  What percentage of galaxies have Black Holes?  How many galaxies have Quasars?