The Classroom Astronomer

The Magazine for the Teachers of Astronomy

The Classroom Astronomer is a  quarterly PDF and printed publication designed as a practitioner journal for classroom teachers of astronomy. While centered at the high school level, it also provides tips, techniques and informative how-to articles for teachers of grades K-8 and undergraduate college "Astro 101" courses. Our mission is to increase the amount of astronomy in the school systems and improve the skills of teachers.

Sample issue

Regular columns include:

Astronomical Teach-niques - Tips and tricks to teaching specific concepts, for teachers
The RAP Sheet - Research Abstracts for Practitioners - Useful excerpts from articles in scholarly journals
Alternative Universes - Textbook Astronomy, bringing them back to the real world
Teacher's Challenge - Check your mind, can you answer the challenge correctly?

and

Teachers' Fall Planning Sky Calendar 
An impressive mass of interesting material! - Guy Ottewell, Author Astronomical Calendar
This is truly awesome and so needed. - Donna Young, Chandra X-Ray Obs. workshop director
I just spent my lunch hour reading through it, and it's a lot of fun with some good classroom ideas ready to go. - Colin Jagoe, Kawartha Pine Ridge, District School Board, Canada
Your magazine will be a good resource both for me, and for the B. Ed. students who are taking the elementary science course...Well-done! - Terry Bridger, Queen’s University, Canada

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