PHYSICS
Newton’s Laws and the Orbits and “Weights” of Planets
Spectroscopy Without Emission Gas Tubes
THE
SUN
Safe Observing, Sunspots, Solar Effects on Earth - Magnetometers, Sun Size – A Primer in Measuring
STARS
Star
Distances and Lives of the Stars
The H-R diagram- A jigsaw pedagogical technique to learning astrophysics
The Speed of Light and Supernovae
Astrobiology – Life on Other Worlds (includes chemistry, too)
Three Pieces of Data Tell Us Everything
CONSTELLATIONS
Current
Night Sky (we can do it real or simulated)
Sky Maps and Body Angles
A UNIT REPRODUCING HISTORY
Reproducing Eratosthenes and the Size of the Earth
Ptolemy
versus Copernicus - Supporting
Hypotheses
What is the
Size of the Moon?
Galileo's Evidence - Observing Sunspots, Moon Mountain Sizes, Venus
Kepler Nails Down How the Solar System Works
Newton Adds Mass
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PEDAGOGICAL INSIGHTS
Science is Tentative
Reasoning
Skill processes
The Errors
in Your Textbook Inquiry Investigations in Astronomy Techniques:
-- Think-Pair-Share and
“clickers”
-- Bloom
Taxonomy, a way to improve
inquiry questions
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Using Movies --
Tutorials in Astronomy,
and things
that rank
PEDAGOGICAL
TEACH-NIQUES
Turning Misconceptions into Inquiry Labs,
Graphing for Information
Using Your Cell Phone in Astronomy Observations
The Multiple Scientific Methods
Classification
Boo! The Scary Stuff--Statistics!
Errors Can Be Corrected--Randomly and Systematically
STANDARDS AND ASTRONOMY
How to Create, Insert, and Run Astronomy Courses in Your School (MS and HS)
Next Generation Science Standards in Astronomy - What to Do with Them
How to Use Astronomy to Improve School Scores!
MISCELLANEOUS
How to Use a Telescope, Day or Night
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