We start a thread in the astronomy section, have it sticky'd, and present this topic:

BAUT Astronomy 101 - Instructors needed

Attention all BAUT astronomers and physicists. We are opening a "school" here on the BAUT forums to teach, in a structured, online classroom type format, Astronomy 101. Here's how it's going to work:

With the diversity, both linguistically and geologically, of our members here on the BAUT forums we don't think the purchasing of an existing, usually expensive, textbook is the way to go. What we have come up with is even better. We're going to write the text ourselves, and post it to Wikibooks. Not only will we be educating our fellow forum members, we'll be educating anybody with an interest and an internet connection. But here's the rub. We can't achieve our goals without some qualified instructors and editors. We need your help!

As this is an untried experiment, we're going to start off easy. Let's write chapter 1, lesson 1 together!

Here's what we need from you. We need to select a "primary instructor" that will take charge of lesson 1. You will be responsible for writing a small "lecture" that covers the topic, then the students will take to their keyboards and pound out the official Wiki entry. As the instructor you will also be relied upon for answering questions and ensuring the Wiki entry is as accurate and thorough as possible.

We know that many of you have time constraints and regular jobs to attend to, but we're hoping you can help us out.

That being said, who would like to take charge of Lesson 1: Astronomy as a Science (lesson objectives: the vocabulary of astronomy, the basic structures and scales of the universe)

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