Cosmos in the Classroom 2004: A Hands-on Symposium on Teaching Introductory Astronomy

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edited by Andrew Fraknoi and William H. Waller

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific and the New England Space Science Initiative in Education hosted "Cosmos in the Classroom," July 16 - 18, 2004 on the campus of Tufts University. About 200 instructors from around the country met for panels, workshops, poster sessions, and discussion about how to present astronomy more effectively for non-science majors. The meeting program is available, as well as a 390 page compendium of meeting handouts, poster papers, and several extensive resource guides.

A Hands-on Symposium on Teaching Introductory Astronomy
Part of the Cosmos in the Classroom 2004 series
Tufts University: July 16 - 18, 2004
Pages 390

http://www.astrosociety.org/events/cosmos/cosmos04/cosmos.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Astronomy - Astronomy Education	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Event = Conference = Workshop - Reference Material = Proceedings

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Available for purchase; The meeting program is available for free. The conference compendium work is available for purchase.
Restriction:: © 2004 Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Keywords:: astronomy teacher, support content for astronomy, teaching
Record Creator:: Date Metadata Instance was created May 6, 2003 by Bruce Mason
Record Updated:: October 11, 2010 by Cathy Ezrailson
Other Collections:: The PSRC

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Cosmos in the Classroom 2004: A Hands-on Symposium on Teaching Introductory Astronomy, presented at the A Hands-on Symposium on Teaching Introductory Astronomy, Tufts University, 2004, <http://www.astrosociety.org/events/cosmos/cosmos04/cosmos.html>.

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Fraknoi, A., & Waller, W. (Eds.). (2004, July 16 - 18). Cosmos in the Classroom 2004: A Hands-on Symposium on Teaching Introductory Astronomy. Paper presented at A Hands-on Symposium on Teaching Introductory Astronomy, Tufts University. Retrieved May 20, 2013, from http://www.astrosociety.org/events/cosmos/cosmos04/cosmos.html

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Fraknoi, Andrew, and William Waller, eds. "Cosmos in the Classroom 2004: A Hands-on Symposium on Teaching Introductory Astronomy." Paper presented at the A Hands-on Symposium on Teaching Introductory Astronomy, Tufts University, July 16 - 18, 2004. http://www.astrosociety.org/events/cosmos/cosmos04/cosmos.html (accessed 20 May 2013).

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Fraknoi, Andrew, and William Waller, eds. "Cosmos in the Classroom 2004: A Hands-on Symposium on Teaching Introductory Astronomy." A Hands-on Symposium on Teaching Introductory Astronomy. Tufts University: 2004. 390 of Cosmos in the Classroom 2004. 20 May 2013 <http://www.astrosociety.org/events/cosmos/cosmos04/cosmos.html>.

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