The
Classroom
Astronomer
The Magazine for the Teachers of Astronomy
The
Classroom
Astronomer
The Magazine for the Teachers of Astronomy
Physics and Laws8 - Eye Spy - Visual Spectroscopy 8 - Digital Spectroscopy, Light with a laptop 8 - Candied Physics (using candy to demonstrate atomic emission and absorption) (Teachnique) 6 - Jupiter's Moons and Kepler's 3rd Law 1 - What if Ptolemy and Copernicus Played Ping-Pong (heliocentric and geocentric theories) |
Scientific and Astronomical Techniques10 - Sketching The Moon and Galaxies 8 -Determing Magnitudes with a Digital Camera 6 - Warning! This Article Contains Graphing Content 4 - (sidebar) Cell Phone-tography 2 - Graphing Exoplanetary Systems 1 - (Teachnique) Classifying and Coding 1 - (Teachnique) Using Iridium Satellites to teach random and systematic error |
Stars, Stellar Evolution and Representative Object, Constellations8
- Photons Focused on: Teacher at the Telescope, Getting Spectra
8 - Using Spectra to Determine Planetary Nebular Properties 5 - Create Your Own Cosmos, The Way of the Maasai 5 - Zodiac Constellation Borders (Teachnique) |
Games and Puzzles6 - An APOD Scavenger Hunt (van Gogh's painting with hidden astronomy photos) 10, 7, 6, 5, 2 - Teacher's Challenge Word Puzzles 1 - Questions from the International Astronomical Olympiad |
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General Solar System9 - Solar System Ballet, or Chaos Can Be Fun! 7 - Photos Focused On: Solar System Names (on products or places) 6 - Observing Jupiter's Moons and Kepler's Third Law 4 - An International Asteroid Hunt 3 - Mapping Alien Worlds (Using potatoes and studying nomenclature rules) 1 - Teachable Moment, Jupiter's Not-So-Mighty Winds |
Astronomical Pedagogy and Teachniques10 - Which Toy Universe Would A Teacher Want for the Holidays? 10 - Simulations on Your Online Course Pages with HTML5 (uses Retrograde Motion as the working example). 10 - Taking Spreadsheets from Dull to Dynamic With Animation (Kepler's 3rd Law, Blackbody Radiation, Doppler Shift, and Escape Velocity of Gases) 10 - Discovery Astronomy Through Poetry 9 - Students Using Narratives (in RAP Sheet, a selection of narrative styles used in a history of science project) 9 - Education Designed Universally (accessibility tips, in Teachniques) 8 - Using Magazines to Teach Literacy in Middle School (Teachnique) 7 - Investigating Astronomy Without Using Vision (Tactile Tools for the Visually Handicapped) 7 - Three Methods of Using Online Space Data to Support Inquiry (Backwards Faded Scaffolding, Jigsaw, Collaborative Inquiry) 7 - Photons Focused on: Solar System Names (in products and places) 6 - Using Misconceptions to Create Inquiry Activities 5 - A Kinesthestic Chorale (Earth Motions) 4 - Ten Ideas to Improve astronomy courses (in article on Italy's astronomy education 3 - A Scientist's Scientific Method 3 - Jigsawing the Universe 3 - Alternatives to Term Papers (Teachnique) 2 - Cub Scout activity on scales and distances (Teachnique) 1 - Historical Research in the Classroom |
Historical Astronomy10 - Simulations on Your Online
Course Pages with HTML5 (uses Retrograde Motion as the working example).
9 - Using Galileoscopes to Duplicate Galileo's Solar Observations 9 - The Lunar Parallax and December's International Measure The Moon Night 7 - Gnomon Knowledge, Sundials are a Global Activity 5 - Solar System Distance Scales, A Ladder Made of Triangles 5 - Galileo Measured a Mountain and So Can You! 5 - A Trilogy of Lunar Eclipse articles ( Measuring the Size and Shape of the Earth's Shadow, What to observer in a total lunar eclipse, Measuring The Moon's Size and Distance) 3 - Eratosthenes' Footsteps With A Globe 2 - Moon Phases, How? How Long? (Teachnique) 1 - What If Ptolemy and Copernicus Played Ping Pong (heliocentric and geocentric activities) 1 - Historical Research in the Classroom |
Astronomical Travel
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The Nature of Scientific Investigation5 - Crank Astronomy As A Teaching Tool - The Electric Sun 3 - 2012, The End of the World. Again? (History and counterarguments on the December 2012 hoax) 3 - 12 for '12 (Activities and resources on the December 2012 hoax) 3 - A Scientist's Scientific Method 1 - Classifying/Coding Astronomical Words in Everyday Life (Teachnique) |
Earth, Motions, Seasons, etc.9 - Archimedes Updated - Give Me A Satellite and I'll Measure Earth's Mass 7 - Gnomon Knowledge, Sundials are a Global Activity 7 - Making a Sun Tracker 4 - Earth Rotates East to West (Showing with globe and figurine) 4 - How High is the Sun? 3 - Eratosthenes Footsteps With a Globe 2 - Is it Really Noon? |
The Sun8 - Digital Spectroscopey, Light With A Laptop (measuring solar spectrum section in article) 5 - Crank Astronomy As A Teaching Tool - The Electric Sun (includes information on how the Sun is truly powered) |
The Moon10 - Photons Focused On: The Moon
in Everyday Life
5 - Galileo Measured a Mountain and So Can You!9 - The Lunar Parallax and December's International Measure The Moon Night 5 - A Trilogy of Lunar Eclipse articles ( Measuring the Size and Shape of the Earth's Shadow, What to observer in a total lunar eclipse, Measuring The Moon's Size and Distance) 2 - Moon Phases, Why? How Long? (Teachnique) 2 - Let's Bomb The Moon! 1 - Teacher's Challenge, Moon Phase Misconceptions |
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Galaxies and Cosmology7 - Measuring the Age of the Universe with Google Sky 2 - Kinesthestic Cosmology |
Light Pollution8 - Digital Spectroscopy, Light with a Laptop (Measuring the spectra of street lamps) 1 - Surveying for Light Pollution sources and their causes (Teachnique) |
Telescope, Tools and Auxillaries3 - Photo Story: Assembling a Galileoscope 2 - Bringing Old Telescopes Back To Life |
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10 - Photons Focused On: The Moon in Everyday Life 10 - Which Toy Universe Would A Teacher Want for the Holidays? 9 - Solar System Ballet, or Chaos Can Be Fun! 7 - Photos Focused On: Solar System Names (on products or places) 7 - Making a Sun Tracker 5 - A Kinesthestic Chorale (Earth Motions) 4 - Earth Rotates East to West (Showing with globe and figurine) 4 - How High is the Sun? 3 - Eratosthenes Footsteps With a Globe 2 - Is it Really Noon? 1, 2 - Alternative Universes (textbook errors) |
10 - Photons Focused On: The Moon in Everyday Life 10 - Which Toy Universe Would A Teacher Want for the Holidays? 9 - Students Using Narratives (in RAP Sheet, a selection of narrative styles used in a history of science project) 9 - Education Designed Universally (accessibility tips, in Teachniques)9 - Star Motions with Sky Simulators 9 - Using Galileoscopes to Duplicate Galileo's Solar Observations 8 - Using Magazines to Teach Literacy in Middle School (Teachnique) 8 - Alternative Universes (textbook errors) 8 - Demonstrating the Loss of Starlight 10, 7, 6, 5, 2 - Teacher's Challenge Word Puzzles 7 - Photons Focused On: Solar System Names (on products or places) 7 - Three Methods of Using Online Space Data to Support Inquiry (Backwards Faded Scaffolding, Jigsaw, Collaborative Inquiry) 7 - Gnomon Knowledge, Sundials are a Global Activity 7 - Making a Sun Tracker 6 - Using Misconceptions to Create Inquiry Activities 5 - Create Your Own Cosmos, The Way of the Maasai 4 - Earth Rotates East to West (Showing with globe and figurine) 4 - How High is the Sun? 3 - Mapping Alien Worlds (Using potatoes and studying nomenclature rules) 2 - Cub Scout activity on scales and distances (Teachnique) 2 - Graphing Exoplanetary Systems 2 - Is it Really Noon? 2 - Moon Phases, How? How Long? (Teachnique) 2 - Let's Bomb The Moon! |
9 - The Lunar Parallax and December's International Measure the Moon Night 8 - Candied Physics (using candy to demonstrate atomic emission and absorption) (Teachnique) 7 - Making a Sun Tracker 5 - A Kinesthestic Chorale (Earth Motions) 4 - How High is the Sun? 4 - (sidebar) Cell Phone-tography 2 - Is it Really Noon? 2 - Kinesthestic Cosmology 2 - Let's Bomb The Moon! 1 - (Teachnique) Using Iridium Satellites to teach random and systematic error |
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