The Astronomy Center has provided educational resources to introductory astronomy educators since 2003. Over the past 20 years, the rapid pace of discovery has rendered some of our linked resources obsolete. Thus, the Astronomy Center will be decommissioned on March 1, 2022. Our highest quality resources will be retained on ComPADRE.org.

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L. Strubbe and S. McKagan
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This essay provides help for instructors needing to teach their courses online. It includes both basic principles and considerations for running a remote class and a list of…
  
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Editors: A. Daane, D. Doucette, C. Gosling, D. Hsi, C. Mathis, A. Morrison, S. Park, M. Rifkin, and J. Tabora
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The Underrepresentation Curriculum (URC) is a free, flexible curriculum for STEM instructors to teach about injustice and change the culture of STEM. Using tools such as data…
  
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R. Zich, A. Sammons, and R. Rosenblatt
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R. Zich, A. Sammons, and R. Rosenblatt, PERC 2019 Proceedings, 687-692.
We report on the conversion of a general education sophomore-level astronomy course from traditional lecture-based methods to a more active-learning course. The course was reworked…
  
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P. Green
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Peer Instruction for Astronomy is an instructor's guide to a method of enhancing lecture classes in introductory astronomy. This technique requires that the instructor have a large…
  
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R. Vieyra; Publisher: American Association of Physics Teachers
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This lesson blends physics and Earth science as students explore the spectra of stars using a physical model composed of balloons and buttons. This activity introduces students to…
  
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R. Vieyra
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This AAPT lesson blends physics and Earth/Space science as students build and use a physical model to explore the geometry of eclipse events. The model allows learners to model how…
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V. Kuo and R. Beichner; Publisher: American Association of Physics Teachers, Phys. Teach., 44 (3), 168-172 (2006).
Most teachers of introductory physics will agree that many students have difficulty with vectors, so much so that we frequently spend a week at the beginning of the semester…
Astronomy Education Review
  
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E. Prather, T. Slater, J. Adams, J. Bailey, L. Monowar-Jones, and J. Dostal, Astron. Educ. Rev., 3 (2), 122-136 (2004).
The project produced learner-centered classroom instructional materials for a large-enrollment intro astronomy survey course for non-science majors. Lecture-Tutorials are…
Astronomy Education Review
  
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A. Rudolph, E. Prather, G. Brissenden, D. Consiglio, and V. Gonzaga, Astron. Educ. Rev., 9 (1).
This is the second in a series of reports on a national study of the teaching and learning of astronomy in general education, nonscience major, introductory college astronomy courses…
  
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D. Duncan and A. Southon
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This report lists six common teacher behaviors that should be avoided in the classroom.
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