Astronomy for Educators

Astronomy for Educators provides new and accomplished K-12 instructors with concepts and projects for low-cost, high-impact STEM classroom instruction that is built around the National Academies National Research Council's K-12 Framework for Science Education.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barth, Daniel E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] University of Arkansas [2018]
Series:Open textbook library.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Unit 1: Starting our Journey of Discovery
  • Unit 2: Lunar Phases
  • A Simple Scientific Model
  • Unit 3: Modeling Earth and Moon Together
  • Unit 4: Measuring Time in the Sky
  • Unit 5: Measuring and Mapping the Sky
  • Unit 6: Exploring Gravity
  • Unit 7: Proving the Heliocentric Model Correct
  • Unit 8: Understanding Big Numbers
  • Size and Scale in our Solar System
  • Unit 9: Orbital Dynamics
  • Planets and Moons in Motion
  • Unit 10: War of the Worlds
  • How Impacts Build Planets
  • Unit 11: The Four Seasons
  • Two Competing Models
  • Unit 12: Safely Observing the Sun
  • unit 13: Solar and Lunar Eclipses