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Sky Scan Continues to Offer Learning Resources to Schools and interested individuals.

News             Updated April 09, 2005

Dec 31, 2004

New Observatories Installed

 

Nov 16, 2003

Info on 2003 Leonids

 

Jun 19, 2003

RASC Edmonton Centre Provides Funding for Science 9 Radio Telescopes

 

Jun 18, 2003

Sky Scan Adds 6 New Schools

 

See list of Participating Schools.

 

New on Sky Scan Website.

 

Dec 1, 2002 

Leading Meteoricist Taps Into Sky Scan Data Dr. Robert McNaught uses Sky Scan data to identify peak of Leonid meteor storm.

Nov 19, 2002

Leonids 2002 Meteor Shower Results  

 

Nov 19, 2002

Sky Scan Installs Meteor Detectors at First Two Pilot Schools

Other news of significant project developments are featured here.

New on Sky Scan website

Apr 9, 2005 Fixed link to curriculum pages on Nature of Meteors lesson plan.
Dec 31, 2004 Added photos to School pages. Victoria, Avonmore, Parkview, Westmount, Bannerman.
  Added New Installations press release.
May 19, 2004 Revised For Teachers page.
Apr 9, 2004 Added Composition of the Solar System article.
  Re-arranged Antenna pages.
Jan 20, 2004 Added Meteors 2 page from RASC Handbook 2004.
Jan  18, 2004 Added 2004 Meteor Table and moved 2003 table below that page.
Jan 4, 2004 Moved How to Use Sky Pipe to Student Activities under the Software page.
  Inserted the Bannerman computer/radio image on the Bannerman School page, and the Receivers page.
  Edited and added text to the Receivers page.
  Did a slight edit on the Observing page but this needs more work.
  Added Geminids 2003 results.
Jan 1, 2004 Completed information on how to set up car radios for use in detecting meteors.
  Added a paragraph to the Data page for students.
  Added text to the Equipment page.
  Edited the Using Sky Pipe page.
  Added a Data Software page outlining how to get Radio Sky Pipe.
  Added links to existing questions on the FAQ page.
Dec 30, 2003 Added information on how to set up and operate the radio, and how to check the antenna to make sure it's working.
Dec 27, 2003 Added new picture to Home page
Dec 21, 2003 Fixed broken curriculum link to Alberta Learning.
Dec 20, 2003 Uploaded newly designed website with changes to banner and navigation.
Nov 16, 2003 Info on 2003 Leonids added. Earlier in November, the Sky Scan site was moved to a new web host.
Jul 1, 2003 Repaired malfunctioning News Release and School Links pages.
Jun 19, 2003 Added new press releases for Jun 19 and Jun 18.
  Added new school pages to School Links.
April 26, 2003 Rearranged the Meteor pages in the Library.
April 3, 2003 Added school websites to two of the participating schools.
  Rearranged Library resources.
  Edited and rearranged material on the Antenna pages.
March 30, 2003 Added internal links to Glossary.
  Added links to glossary and corrected meteor burn physics in How Waves Travel page.
  Added Search function to top of Glossary page.
  Added a list of Alberta electronic suppliers to Get Help.
  Revised various parts of the Antenna construction pages.
March 23, 2003 Revamped Home page.
  Revised Eta Aquarids page.
  Added 3 Element Yagi construction page.
  Added new Glossary entries.
  Added new Lyrids page.
  Moved Skill Outcomes.
  Moved Canadians in Radio Astronomy to Library.
  Created new page for the Glossary.
  Deleted Intended Outcomes page (no longer relevant).
  Moved Topocentric article to Library.
  Added Search link to all page footers.
  Added Search function to FAQ page.
  Moved Student Activities support info to Library.
  Reordered Antenna Construction articles.
  Added Nov 19, 2002, Dec 10, 2002, and Jan 12, 2003 press releases to News Releases Page.
March 15, 2003 Updated and moved Sporadics page.
  Updated Web Hits page.
January 28, 2003 Added Sporadics page.
January 12, 2003 Added Quadrantid results.
December 10, 2002 Added graph of Leonid results
  Added Balwin School page
December 8, 2002 Added Web Hits chart.
December 7, 2002 Added list of CBC Radio stations in Alberta
December 1, 2002 Added news release re Sky Scan data being used by leading meteoricist.
  Topocentric correction explained.
  Personal observations on Leonid 2002.
November 19, 2002 See results for the 2002 Leonid shower from our pilot school at Spruce Avenue school.
  See comparisons of the 2002 Leonid shower from three receiving stations.
November 10, 2002 Added two new press releases re new schools and volunteers.
  Updated School Links to reflect pilot and prospective pilot schools.
  Completed drafts of Electromagnetic Spectrum, Radio Meteor Detection in the Classroom and Geometry of Meteor Reflections lesson plans.
November 4, 2002 Added Leonids page.
  Added glossary hyperlinks to Orionids page.
October 28, 2002 Split Requirements page into Sign Up and Getting Started.
  Moved About Sky Scan to below FAQ page and off home page except for footer links.
October 27, 2002 Combined Frequency and Receiver team pages.
  Completed Lesson Plan Three - EM Spectrum.
  Added Lesson Plan Two - Nature of Meteors.
  Added Career Connections page.
  Added Radio Telescopes page.
  Added Latitude and Longitude page for Alberta.
October 13, 2002 Added common copyright footers with hyperlinks to FAQ, Site Map, About Sky Scan, and Contact Us.
  Added a Skills Outcome page as part of the Student Activities section.
  Began a Summary of Curriculum Coverage page.
  Added an Electromagnetic Spectrum background page.
September 21, 2002 Added revision of Lesson One
September 12, 2002 Added bio page for Education Development Coordinator
September 1, 2002 Rewrote and reorganized How to Build an Antenna with sub-pages on Cables, Matching Transformers, Mounting, and Elevation Angle.
Added Cosmic Collisions page.
August 24, 2002 Updated Curriculum Tie-ins page
Updated Glossary in FAQ
Updated Sky Scan project description page.
August 16, 2002 Added 4 new pages from the RASC's Observer's Handbook 2002: 2002 Meteor Shower Table, Meteors, Fireballs, Radio Meteor Detection.
Changed page title from Meteors Described to Introduction to Meteors, Radio Meteor Showers to Optical & Radio Meteor Showers
Added new, to be constructed, pages for the Quadrantids, the Orionids, and the Geminids.
August 5, 2002 Replaced Sky Scan logo on banner with improved version (see above).
Replaced Unit E Space Exploration with a new, annotated version.
August 4, 2002 Added Glossary terms to FAQ page.
Put Glossary hyperlinks in Meteors and Perseids pages.
Added Perseids page.
Changed Team names under the Student Activities page.
Copyright notices added to various pages.
July 23, 2002 Home page redesigned with new content. Moved information about EARAG to the About EARAG page.
Links page reorganized with meteor and radio meteor links moved to the top.
June 2002

Yagi Antenna Design Page Added

December 2002 Leonid Meteor Shower Results Nov 2001

 

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