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Physics and Laws19 - Astronomical Teachniques - Atomic Hotel 2.0 17 - Astronomical Teachniques - The Atomic Hotel 17 - Comet CSI -- Was That Comet a Murderer? (a spectrum exercise within the article) 13 - The Cause of Summer - Tilt or Distance to the Sun? Kepler to the Rescue! (A Teachnique) 10 - Taking Spreadsheets from Dull to Dynamic With Animation (Kepler's 3rd Law, Blackbody Radiation, Doppler Shift, and Escape Velocity of Gases) 8 - 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 Techniques17 - Can You Create The Sound of Astronomical Data? 14 - Magnetometer in a Bottle (in "2013's Solar Maximum in the Classroom" article) 13 - Testing Your Binocular Limits with Binaries 13 - Transit of Venus, Revisited (better calculation results) 12 - The Transit of Venus Determines the Astronomical Unit 11 - From Generation to Generation - Measuring Double Stars 10 - Sketching The Moon and Galaxies 8 - Determining 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 Objects, Constellations18 - How Far is that Star? (Astronomy of the Northern Sky Column)
18 - Where is the United Federation of Planets? (Using Star Trek to do galactic structure, stellar populations, exoplanetary systems) 18 - AstroStats 2: Chi-Square and Is This Variable Star Data Good? 17 - Astronomy of the Northern Sky - A Sky Quest, Lives of the Stars 16 - Astronomy of the Northern Sky - Coordinating Your Positions (degrees and arc distances, star nomenclature and coordinate systems) 15 - Jigsaw H-R Diagram (in Astronomical Teachniques) 15 - Astronomy of the Northern Sky - How Bright is That Star? 14. - Where Do You Come From? (In Astronomical Teachniques) 14 - Astronomy of the Northern Sky - Star Colors and Spectral Types 13 - Testing Your Binocular Limits with Binaries 13 - Astronomy of the Northern Sky - Year Round Teaching Tool (debut of column, with definitions, zones, and details on Polaris) 11 - From Generation to Generation - Measuring Double Stars 8 - 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 System18 - Chelyabinsk Fragments (Finding them, in Photons Focused On column) 18 - Exploring the Science and Science Fiction of Mars 18 - Bringing Meteors into the Classroom 18 - Wide Field Meteor Cameras 18 - Meteorite? Or Meteorwrong? 17 - Encke vs. ISON--The Science of What You See 17 - An Insider's Tour of a Comet -- What is It That You Are Seeing? 17 - Comet CSI -- Was That Comet a Murderer? 17 - All Eyes on ISON 15 - What Would Galileo Do? A Curriculum Approach (summary of Galileo's discoveries and activities for each) 13 - Transit of Venus, Revisited (better calculation results) 12 - The Transit of Venus Determines the Astronomical Unit 11 - Model Solar Systems - More Than A Walk In The Park 11 - When The Transit-of-Venus Party Is Over 11 - A Transit of Mercury Lab 10 - Astronomical Teachniques - The Planets Rule (using the sky to set semester curricula) 9 - 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 Teachniques22 - Astronomical Teachniques - What's Wrong With This Photo?, A Different Kind of Planet Jigsaw Exercise for Exam Review 22 - Stars Beneath My Feet (Virtual Reality Viewer) 21 - Reeling in the Next Generation Science Standards--One Educator's Approach 21 - The Hermeneutics of Hogwarts School of Magic and Wizadry 20 - Investigating "Old" Astronomical Almanacs 20 - Home, Sweet New Home--Astronomy for Students Under Alien Skies 20 - Flipping the Planetarium: The World Wide Telescope in a Dome 18 - How wide should histogram bin widths be? (Astronomical Teachniques) 18 - Where is the United Federation of Planets? (Using Star Trek to do galactic structure, stellar populations, exoplanetary systems) 18 - Exploring the Science and Science Fiction of Mars 18 - Grant Writing Tips for First Time Writers 17 - Astronomical Teachniques - Organizing Your Bibliographical Materials 17 - Inquiry in Astronomy Textbooks 17 - Can You Create The Sound of Astronomical Data? 16 - A is for Historical Astronomy, or How to Organize Your Universe 16 - Galileo's Diary, A Dramatic Reading 16 - Galactic Chicken or Galactic Egg, Which Do You Teach First (Best order for teaching galaxies) 15 - The Classroom Tablet, or How I Learned to Love Apple in My Astronomy Classroom (uses of the iPad) 15 - Kinds of Facts (in Astronomical Teachniques) 15 - Jigsaw H-R Diagram (in Astronomical Teachniques) 15 - Six Steps to Build Up STEMina 14 - Class Projects, Correlations with Hurricanes, Where Do You Come From?, Local Light Pollution Survey, Mnemonics, Eratosthenes and GPS, Evolution Assessments With Balls 14 - Social Media for Astronomy Teachers - Good or Bad? 13 - Next Generation Standards for Astronomy 12 - A Unique Course in a Most Urban Environment (Mexico City HS course using solar and radio astronomy) 12 - Finding Astronomically Nutritious News Stories 12 - A Proposal for a daytime Astronomy Course for the US (solar and non-visible-spectrum based course) 11 - A Way To Know Just What Introductory Astronomy Students Are Interested In ((Using APOD), in Astronomical Teachniques) 11 - Would You Like a Homemade Dome With That Toy Planetarium? (in Astronomical Teachniques) 10 - Astronomical Teachniques - The Planets Rule (using the sky to set semester curricula) 10 - 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 Astronomy 20 - Home, Sweet New Home--Astronomy for Students Under Alien Skies
19 - Astrolabes for the Modern Audience 18 - Chelyabinsk Fragments (Finding them, in Photons Focused On column) 16 - Galileo's Diary, A Dramatic Reading 15 - Photons Focused On--Stonehenge, A Teaching Tool? 15 - What Would Galileo Do? A Curriculum Approach (summary of Galileo's discoveries and activities for each) 14 - Eratosthenes and GPS (in Astronomical Teachniques) 14 - Photos Focused On - The Trail of William Herschel 13 - Collecting the Cosmos with World Coins 13 - Transit of Venus, Revisited (better calculation results) 12 - The Transit of Venus Determines the Astronomical Unit 10 - 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 |
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The Nature of Scientific Investigation20 - Catching 'Rays' - Muon Science with Probeware 19 - Universal Healthcare for Satellites: Diagnosing the Health of Artificial Satellites 15 - Kinds of Facts (in Astronomical Teachniques) 15 - Six Steps to Build Up STEMina 12 - Finding Astronomically Nutritious News Stories 9 - Students Using Narratives (in RAP Sheet, a selection of narrative styles used in a history of science project) 5 - 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.21 - Latitude and Longitude on a Stick--Anywhere! 20 - Home, Sweet New Home--Astronomy for Students Under Alien Skies 19 - Astrolabes for the Modern Audience 15 - Photons Focused On--Stonehenge, A Teaching Tool 9 - Star Motions with Sky Simulators 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 Sun15 - What Would Galileo Do? A Curriculum Approach (summary of Galileo's discoveries and activities for each) 14 - 2013's Solar Maximum in the Classroom 14 - Tracking Solar Storms from Birth to Earth 12 - Lessons Learned From A Ring of Fire (observations and use of Vernier sensors during eclipses) 12 - Viewing The Sun With Radio Eyes 12 - Is There A Chance of a Storm Today? 12 - Sun Fun - Actively Observing The Active Sun 11 - What Can You Teach About A Ring of Fire? (annular eclipse activities) 9 - Using Galileoscopes to Duplicate Galileo's Solar Observations 8 - 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 Moon21 - How the Moon Gets Eclipsed; Humor and a Teachnique (using lights to
create umbras and penumbras)
5 - Galileo Measured a Mountain and So Can You!15 - What Would Galileo Do? A Curriculum Approach (summary of Galileo's discoveries and activities for each) 13 - Durin's Day and Moonlit Maps - Astronomy of the Moon, Taught by "The Hobbit." 10 - Photons Focused On: The Moon in Everyday Life 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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Exoplanets - Life In The Universe
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Galaxies and Cosmology20 - Astronomy of the Northern Sky - Beyond the Galaxy's Edge 19 - Your Course in the Stars (writing your course name using galaxies that have the shapes of letters) 19 - Astronomy of the Northern Sky - To The Galaxy's Rim 18 - Where is the United Federation of Planets? (Using Star Trek to do galactic structure, stellar populations, exoplanetary systems) 16 - Galactic Chicken or Galactic Egg, Which Do You Teach First (Best order for teaching galaxies) 8 - Measuring Galaxy Spectra for Velocities 7 - Measuring the Age of the Universe with Google Sky 2 - Kinesthestic Cosmology |
Light Pollution15 - Astronomy of the Northern Sky - How Bright is That Star? (has stars for monitoring sky brightness) 14 - Local Light Pollution Survey (in Astronomical Teachniques) 8 - Demonstrating the Loss of Starlight 8 - Digital Spectroscopy, Light with a Laptop (Measuring the spectra of street lamps) 1 - Surveying for Light Pollution sources and their causes (Teachnique) |
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23 - Astronomical Teachniques - Things Observed in Outreach Events 18 - Exploring the Science and Science Fiction of Mars 18 - Bringing Meteors into the Classroom 15 - Six Steps to Build Up STEMina 11 - Oh, Nooo! What's That Thing in The Box??? Overcoming Telephobia 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) |
23 - Astronomical Teachniques - Things Observed in Outreach Events 21 - How the Moon Gets Eclipsed; Humor and a Teachnique (using lights to create umbras and penumbras) 20 - Flipping the Planetarium: The World Wide Telescope in a Dome 19 - Your Course in the Stars (writing your course name using galaxies that have the shapes of letters) 19 - Maximizing Star Party Telescope Experiences 18 - How Far is that Star? (Astronomy of the Northern Sky Column) 18 - Exploring the Science and Science Fiction of Mars 18 - Bringing Meteors into the Classroom 17 - AstroStats 1: Probabilities--The Drake Equation and Life on Other Worlds 15 - Photons Focused On--Stonehenge, A Teaching Tool 15 - Six Steps to Build Up STEMina 13 - Testing Your Binocular Limits with Binaries 13 - Collecting the Cosmos with World Coins 12 - Photons Focused On: Astronomy in Mexican Cityscapes 12 - Sun Fun - Actively Observing The Active Sun 11 - Oh, Nooo! What's That Thing in The Box??? Overcoming Telephobia 11 - Model Solar Systems - More Than a Walk in the Park 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! |
23 - Astronomical Teachniques - Things Observed in Outreach Events 23 - Celebrating the International Year of Light 22 - Photons Focused On: Astronomical Heidelberg 22 - Ach du meine Gute! Heidelberg Scientists Stare at Sun for Fun! 20 - Flipping the Planetarium: The World Wide Telescope in a Dome 19 - Your Course in the Stars (writing your course name using galaxies that have the shapes of letters) 19 - Astronomy of the Northern Sky - To The Galaxy's Rim 19 - Maximizing Star Party Telescope Experiences 19 - Universal Healthcare for Satellites: Diagnosing the Health of Artificial Satellites 17 - (The Four articles on Comets) All Eyes on ISON; Comet CSI; An Insider's Tour of a Comet; Encke vs ISON. 17 - Astronomy of the Northern Sky - A Sky Quest, Lives of the Stars 16 - Astronomy of the Northern Sky - Coordinating Your Positions (degrees and arc distances, star nomenclature and coordinate systems) 15 - Astronomy of the Northern Sky - How Bright is That Star? 13 - Testing Your Binocular Limits with Binaries 12 - Sun Fun - Actively Observing The Active Sun 11 - Model Solar Systems - More Than a Walk in the Park 11 - What Can You Teach About a Ring of Fire? (Annular Eclipse Activities) 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 |
