CLEA Comments
From 2-year Colleges
William Cox,Mohave Community College, Lake
Havasu City, AZ:CLEA is a valuable tool in my
Astronomy Lab at Mohave Community College ... students really learn
better using your products ..keep up the good work.
Arthur Goss at Bellevue Community
College:
Your photometry and spectral ID programs look wonderful.
Good work!
Andreas Veh at Western Nebraska Community College:
I just enjoyed (again) to do spectra and photometry labs for
the Pleiades. I have been using CLEA labs for more than 2 years.
You have done a great job. I especially (and my students as well)
like Spectroscopy and Photometry.
Harold A. Williams, Montgomery College, Takoma
Park, Maryland
Thanks for the best labs in astronomy on computers..
Dr. Jon M. Saken at Palm Beach Community College:
Labs are extremely useful. In fact, we also use the Moons
of Jupiter in our Physics lab when we do centripetal force. They
are the only way I have to give the students a taste of what it is like
to do real astronomical research. The software is easy to use even
for students with limited computer experience. Very visual - particular
for the "Flow of Energy out of the Sun" it gives them a picture of what
is actually happening. Much of the software is pretty close to what
a "professional" would use. Talking about pulsars is one thing.
Having them actually measure the period of one is much more instructive.
I know of no other software that would allow this. These labs enable
me to bring a more "hands-on" aspect to the course. Students think
they are fun. They do seem to think it helps them understand the course
material. I find this a unique and valuable resource for teaching
my class. Without this I would have no way to give my students an
understanding of what "real" astronomers do.
Dr. Donald H. Minkel of Adirondack Community College, New
York:
I have taught Intro to Astonomy about 8 semesters using several of
the CLEA exercises for labs. I think the CLEA exercises do a great
job simulating how astronomical research is actually done. I want
my students to learn to do science, not just learn about science.
These exercises are great for teachers with this approach. Thanks
for CLEA!
Heidi Van Tassell of Mesa Community College, Arizona:
I have enjoyed using some of your software in my first year
astronomy classes at Mesa Community College.
Ntungwa Maasha of Coastal Georgia Community College, Georgia:
It was so good for you to give a workshop on CLEA labs. I am
confident many teachers will find them very useful for their classes. You
have a wonderful product. I am enjoying using the CLEA lab.
Students will come just to enjoy working on them in their free time - perhaps
more than they do video games!
Randall E. Sloper at Southwestern Oregon Community College,
OR:
I used your software last spring in my introductory astronomy
class and enjoyed it very much.