Tag: Astronomy

  • F I R E H O S E D ? Stop it, say ASTRONOMISTS

    Pamela Gay’s presentation contains a provoking picture. It shows a little girl in front of a firehose being hit so hard by the water that she almost falls over. “Teachers firehose students”, comments Pamela. “This is our cardinal mistake in education”, adds the astronomer. Teachers have unfortunately the habit to talk at students, in other…

  • STAR-STRUCK IN THE HOME OF THE CENTAURS reported by Barbie Drillsma

     Who could resist it?  An invitation to represent EUSJA at an international “Discover the Cosmos” Conference in the home of the Centaurs in Volos, Greece. Hmmmm, slightly had second thoughts as I joined fellow EUSJA members, Wolfgang Goede and Menelaos Sotiriou on board a shakey wooden train, running on a single track with sheer drops…