Folder with PDF copies of Niel's Powerpoints and Notes - 2 views
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Christopher Palma on 29 Jul 14If you want the original Powerpoint files, let us know!
Astro Better's compilation of presentation skills & poster making skills links meant fo... - 2 views
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Includes a link to a blog post by a PSU astronomer about his students' success with making award winning posters
Slater, Investigating Astronomy 1e BCS - 1 views
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A nice collection of mostly free resources for books by Tim Slater.
Inquiry into Astronomy book - 2 views
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I found this pdf online, though I doubt it should have been posted. It may help you to incorporate the new material into your class quickly.
A little Hubble/JWST fun - 0 views
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Hubble Gotchu
Mark Whittle: Big Bang Acoustics - 0 views
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Great, comprehensive website where an astronomer has created a new way to try to understand the cosmic microwave background
Blog post by author of BFS lab manual about the structure of these labs - 0 views
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Adopted by PSU for our Astro 11 lab course for non-science majors. Inquiry-based labs that build towards getting students to write good research questions, and use evidence to support their claims.
THINK TANK; What Did Poe Know About Cosmology? Nothing. But He Was Right. - 2 views
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NYT Archives article about Poe's work "Eureka" that includes his discussion of Olbers' Paradox
Build a Solar System Model - 1 views
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This is how I found the distance to the next closest star (Alpha Centauri) if the Sun were a basketball. Make a scale model of the Solar System and learn the REAL definition of "space."
Gamma-Ray Burst Caused Mass Extinction? - 0 views
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Article in National Geographic that updates some more recent analysis of the likelihood that a gamma-ray burst caused the late Ordovician extinction.
[astro-ph/0309415] Did a gamma-ray burst initiate the late Ordovician mass extinction? - 0 views
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Link to freely available version of Mellott's article in the professional literature
Link to Demo version of Astro 001 video game (Mac version) - 0 views
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~15 minute long demo that lets you play parts of the video game version of our on-line course for Astro 001 at Penn State
Copy of Milky Way CER activity instructions - 2 views
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Word format
Cosmology YouTube Playlist - 2 views
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Money back guarantee to help answer some questions you have and good explanations you can give your students.
UNL Astronomy Education - 0 views
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Astronomy labs and teaching resources developed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Includes simulations, flash animations, graphics, in-class questions and ranking tasks.
ANGEL Homepage - 0 views
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This is Penn State's course management system, and you can use this link as long as your account is active to login to ASTRO 120 our Big Bang Universe on-line course for undergraduate non-science majors. When your computer account access lapses, if you want to retain access to the course, you can request a "Friends of Penn State" computer account (https://fps.psu.edu), email us, and we can add you back into the course using this FPS account
Origins: Hubble: Tools: The Center of The Universe | Exploratorium - 2 views
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This is similar to the Raisin-Bread Analogy
Hubble's Law Spreadsheet.xlsx - 2 views