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Instructor Guide for Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy  [ Book ]
  
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E. Prather, J. Adams, D. Loranz, G. Brissenden, and T. Slater
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This resource provides instructors with tips on using Lecture Tutorials for moon phases, light, telescopes, the solar system, our sun, stellar astronomy, characteristics of the Milky…
https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/product/Prather-Instructor-s...
Astronomy Education Review
Astronomy Apps for Mobile Devices: A First Catalog 
  
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A. Fraknoi, Astron. Educ. Rev., 10 (1), 010302 (2011).
An annotated overview of 98 astronomy applications for smart phones and tablets has been published in the on-line journal "Astronomy Education Review." Compiled by Andrew Fraknoi…
https://doi.org/10.3847/AER2011036
A Question of Scale: Quarks to Quasars 
  
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A cosmic journey in 42 steps of powers of ten starting with quarks (10^-14 meters) and ending with 'near the limit of our knowledge' (10^25 meters).
http://www.wordwizz.com/pwrsof10.htm
The Interstellar Medium 
  
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Experimental Space Plasma Group
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This site offers information about the interstellar medium. It discusses what the interstellar medium is, how it has developed, how astronomers know what they know, and interactions…
http://www-ssg.sr.unh.edu/ism/
The Cosmic Distance Scale 
  
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This website gives an impression of the size of our Universe, starting with the Earth and increasing scale until it reaches the scale of the visible universe. The user can view and…
https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/features/cosmic/
Double Vision: How we learned the distance to the stars 
  
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This tutorial describes how the distance to the stars was determined, and embeds a set of activities highlighting astrometry. It begins with the first attempt made by Aristarchus and…
http://www.astronomycorner.net/games/parallax.html
Planetary Diversity: Solar Nebula Supermarket 
  
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This tutorial focuses on the origin of the chemical abundances in the solar system, beginning with the formation of the heavier elements in supernovae, and leading to the chemical…
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/genesismission/educate/scimodule/PlanetaryD...
Astronomy and Cosmology: The Description, Origin, and Development of the Universe 
  
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Astronomy and Cosmology: The Description, Origin, and Development of the Universe is a section of a larger tutorial describing the uses of remote sensing. The author disscusses many…
http://drr.ikcest.org/remote-sensing-tutorial/chapter20/Sect_A010.html
Cosmology: An Introductory Resource Guide for Instructors 
  
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A. Fraknoi; Publisher: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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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…
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270648471_Cosmology_The_Origin_...
NASA: Radioisotope Power Systems 
  
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This is a multimedia overview of RPS (radioisotope power systems), a type of nuclear energy technology that uses heat to produce electricity for powering spacecraft. The heat is…
https://rps.nasa.gov/
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