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written by
Andrew Fraknoi
published by
the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
This resource guide for introductory astronomy highlights useful and accessible materials on the web and in print. It is designed to help instructors quickly compile high-quality supplementary materials to support the teaching of cosmology. It includes a sampling of non-technical materials that instructors around the U.S. are using and are likely to be readily accessible. Resources include animations and simulations, selected talks on cosmology, lab activities, and selected books. Topics addressed include history of cosmology, dark energy, dark matter, cosmological distance, cosmic microwave, and the origin of the universe. Don't miss the selected simulations, a list of well-produced visualizations that would be difficult to find through traditional web searching.
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9-12: 4A/H2ab. On the basis of scientific evidence, the universe is estimated to be over ten billion years old. The current theory is that its entire contents expanded explosively from a hot, dense, chaotic mass.
9-12: 4A/H2cd. Stars condensed by gravity out of clouds of molecules of the lightest elements until nuclear fusion of the light elements into heavier ones began to occur. Fusion released great amounts of energy over millions of years.
9-12: 4A/H3. Increasingly sophisticated technology is used to learn about the universe. Visual, radio, and X-ray telescopes collect information from across the entire spectrum of electromagnetic waves; computers handle data and complicated computations to interpret them; space probes send back data and materials from remote parts of the solar system; and accelerators give subatomic particles energies that simulate conditions in the stars and in the early history of the universe before stars formed.
9-12: 4A/H4. Mathematical models and computer simulations are used in studying evidence from many sources in order to form a scientific account of the universe.
4G. Forces of Nature
9-12: 4G/H1. Gravitational force is an attraction between masses. The strength of the force is proportional to the masses and weakens rapidly with increasing distance between them.
11. Common Themes
11B. Models
6-8: 11B/M4. Simulations are often useful in modeling events and processes.
9-12: 11B/H3. The usefulness of a model can be tested by comparing its predictions to actual observations in the real world. But a close match does not necessarily mean that other models would not work equally well or better.
9-12: 11B/H5. The behavior of a physical model cannot ever be expected to represent the full-scale phenomenon with complete accuracy, not even in the limited set of characteristics being studied. The inappropriateness of a model may be related to differences between the model and what is being modeled.
11D. Scale
6-8: 11D/M3. Natural phenomena often involve sizes, durations, and speeds that are extremely small or extremely large. These phenomena may be difficult to appreciate because they involve magnitudes far outside human experience.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/items/detail.cfm?ID=12500">Fraknoi, Andrew. Cosmology: An Introductory Resource Guide for Instructors. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2014.</a>
A. Fraknoi, (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2014), WWW Document, (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270648471_Cosmology_The_Origin_Evolution_Ultimate_Fate_of_the_Universe_An_Introductory_Resource_Guide_for_College_Instructors).
A. Fraknoi, Cosmology: An Introductory Resource Guide for Instructors (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2014), <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270648471_Cosmology_The_Origin_Evolution_Ultimate_Fate_of_the_Universe_An_Introductory_Resource_Guide_for_College_Instructors>.
Fraknoi, A. (2014). Cosmology: An Introductory Resource Guide for Instructors. Retrieved October 5, 2024, from Astronomical Society of the Pacific: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270648471_Cosmology_The_Origin_Evolution_Ultimate_Fate_of_the_Universe_An_Introductory_Resource_Guide_for_College_Instructors
Fraknoi, Andrew. Cosmology: An Introductory Resource Guide for Instructors. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2014. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270648471_Cosmology_The_Origin_Evolution_Ultimate_Fate_of_the_Universe_An_Introductory_Resource_Guide_for_College_Instructors (accessed 5 October 2024).
Fraknoi, Andrew. Cosmology: An Introductory Resource Guide for Instructors. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2014. 5 Oct. 2024 <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270648471_Cosmology_The_Origin_Evolution_Ultimate_Fate_of_the_Universe_An_Introductory_Resource_Guide_for_College_Instructors>.
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