Re: [school-discuss] REVISED : etc ... cds for the classroom - intro to solar system - inner solar system

[mike eschman <meschman@etc-edu.com>]

hello,

it got "green lighted" at gutenberg.

mike eschman, etc ...


On Monday 17 February 2003 11:52 am, mike eschman wrote:
. On Monday 17 February 2003 11:42 am, mike eschman wrote:
. . hello,
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. . when gutenberg "green lights" this, it goes into their library.
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. . 02-17-2003
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. . Introduction to the Solar System.
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. . Focusing on Orbital Mechanics, Geography, Geology, observation and note
. . taking.
. . We don't "age" or "date" objects here, that's beyond our scope.
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. . Target audience : Smart 11 year olds through disciplined average students
.  of . 15 years and up.
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. . Availability : Download from http://www.etc-edu.com DOWNLOADS page
.  beginning . 2-19-2003.
. .
. . Please make available from your site for download, so etc ... doesn't get
. . killed!
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. . All materials original by etc... and "copyleft",
. . OR public domain by NASA and JPL.
. .
. . Volume 1. "Inner" Solar System.
. . Includes General Introduction to the Solar System,
. . The Sun,
. . Mercury,
. . Venus,
. . Earth,
. . The Moon,
. . Mars,
. . Phobos,
. . and Deimos.
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. . Cd # 001, ~605 Meg. :
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. . Planetarium software [xplns].
. . Group of Inner Solar System Views for New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.[.stl
.  files] . HELP to reset .stl examples to your locale.
. . Math booklets to go with the etc ... lecture notes, .pdf format, in these
. . topics :
. .
. . Measurement.
. . Unit of Measure.
. . Approximation and Estimation.
. . Algebra.
. . Geometry.
. . Trigonometry.
. . Calculus.
. .
. . Paper Models to give as prizes. (several dozen)
. .
. . Posters for the classroom,
. . and .pdf booklets with copies of the posters for students.
. .
. . Teachers Guides.
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. . Flash cards and flash card activities.
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. . Complete "Math in Space" website as an offline local use copy.
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. . Many handbooks for supplementary topics,
. . such as "human history in Space".
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. . CD # 002, ~440 Meg. :
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. . Images and movies.
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. . For Sun, Mercury, Venus, Moon, Phobos, Deimos.
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. . CD # 003, ~400 Meg. :
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. . MOVIES AND IMAGES For Earth.
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. . CD # 004, ~ 150 Meg.(estimated) :
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. . etc ... "copyleft" .html and .mp3 audio readings.
. . on General Introduction, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, Phobos,
. . Deimos.
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. . YOUR COMPUTER :
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. . Images will do well with 500+ meg of memory, 256 meg minimum.
. . 128 meg. may work, but no bets taken.
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. . High res. video boards (64 meg video memory, 16 meg. minimum).
. . ATI boards are cheap and work well.
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. . IDE disks, but you can run straight off the CDs.
.  SCSI MIGHT HELP SWAPPING FOR BIG IMAGES, BUT MORE MEMORY PREFERABLE (SCSI
 TOO . SLOW).
. . Use Browser and Notepad/Gedit/Kedit for everything.
. . Use XMMS, WinAmp, Windows Media Player, Mozilla built-in audio,
. .  RealPlayer 8 for audio.
. . Video is javascript, gif animation, .avi or .mpg.
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. . Not all soundboards work.
. . Cheap Soundblasters DO work.
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. . Big monitor is best, 17" minimum.
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. . 1 gig processor more than adequate, 650 minimum.
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. . ABOUT IMAGES :
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. . 3D tiffs that let you move anywhere on a planet.
. . Color hi-res tiffs of whole planets with zoom functions.
. . High-res perspective views so you can conduct planetary field trips.
. . All over 1 meg.
. . Average 5-10 meg.
. . Many 100+ meg.
. . One over 40 meg.
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. . Enjoy!
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