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Stellar Parallax and Aberration Package  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Stellar Parallax and Aberration Launcher package is a self-contained file for teaching the concepts of parallax and aberration of light as they apply to astronomy. The file…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12029&DocID...
Measurement of the Sidereal Day with Tracker  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Measurement of the Sidereal Day with Tracker Lab uses the Tracker video analysis tool to measure and analyze the motion stars near Polaris (the North Celestial Pole) to determine…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11614&DocID...
Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker Lab uses the Tracker video analysis tool to measure and analyze the motion of sunspots to determine the solar rotation rate.…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11617&DocID...
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Kinesthetic Astronomy: The Sky Time Lesson 
  
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C. Morrow, Phys. Teach., 38 (4), 252-253 (2000).
Everyday association with time in our modern age involves watches, clocks, and calendars rather than the astronomical motions that were the original bases for timekeeping. However,…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880520
Peer Reviewed Item Contemporary Laboratory Experiences in Astronomy 
  
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Project CLEA develops laboratory exercises that illustrate modern astronomical techniques using a virtual observatory, digital data and color images. Each CLEA laboratory exercise…
http://public.gettysburg.edu/~marschal/clea/CLEAhome.html
Stellar Blackbody Radiation Curves  [ Computer Program ]
  
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Stellar Blackbody Radiation Curves model simulates the blackbody radiation curve of stars and how this leads to the observed color and luminosity of the star. If a star can be…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10502&DocID...
Hertzsprung–Russell (H-R) Diagrams  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Hertzsprung–Russell (H-R) Diagrams model simulates Hertzsprung–Russell (HR or H-R) diagram for groups of stars. The diagram is a scatter plot of steller luminosity vs. stellar…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10503&DocID...
Astronomy 122: Birth and Death of Stars 
  
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This is a traditional course website for teaching the birth and death of stars in one semester to introductory astronomy non-science major’s. It contains a syllabus, lectures, links…
http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/
Astronomy 123: Galaxies and the Expanding Universe 
  
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This is a course website for teaching galaxies and the expanding universe in one semester to introductory astronomy non-science majors. It contains a syllabus, lectures, links to…
http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast123/
Galileo's Moon Mountain  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Galileo's Moon Mountain Model illustrates the method used by Galileo to measure the height of a mountain on the Moon. Using his improved telescope design, Galileo was able to see…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11196&DocID...
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