Database of parameters for Milky Way Globular Clusters - 7 views
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Christopher Palma on 21 Jul 14Created by professional astronomers for professional astronomers, but is a source of authentic data for in-class investigations
[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
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.
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."
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
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.
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
A little Hubble/JWST fun - 0 views
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Hubble Gotchu
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.
Slater, Investigating Astronomy 1e BCS - 1 views
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A nice collection of mostly free resources for books by Tim Slater.
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
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
Database of parameters for Milky Way Open Clusters - 1 views
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Created by professional astronomers for professional astronomers, but is a source of authentic data for in-class investigations -- recall that the column headings are in the separate README file.
From James Kaler's comprehensive website on stars -- table of data on the brightest 170... - 0 views
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There is much more here than this table, feel free to explore!
Short book about Claims, Evidence, Reasoning - 1 views
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Aimed at grades 5 - 8, and there is a K-5 version of the book, too. There are many teachers implementing this at the HS level, as well.
Hubble Deep Field Amazing Space Activity (on-line version) - 2 views
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This is the activity we did on Monday afternoon
Hubble Law Lab Activity (PSU).docx - 3 views
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This is the activity we did (will do) in class.