Re: Suggestions for new astronomy class

["Daniel L. MacIsaac" <Dan.MacIsaac@NAU.EDU>]

 2.  Attend the meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in Toronto in
> early July.  They will have lots of meetings and activities designed
> specifically for K-12 teachers.


> 2) activity/resource suggestions  -- I'd love to hear suggestions also on
> other resources for teachers that people have found useful.   I want
> something that is probably impossible: a relatively hands-on
> activity-oriented class with a minimum of nighttime work (I live over 1/2
> hr from my schol) .   I want to do some direct observing, but I am also
> thinking about simulations, in-class spectroscopy experiments, analysis of
> astronomical data available on the web....

Definitely check out the ASP Universe at Your Fingertips; ASP will be
teaching classes centered on this resource.  I wrote a review of it
online at: http://www.psrc-online.org/Curriculum/ms_su.html#10

Buy the book at: http://www.aspsky.org/

We teach Intro Astronomy here at NAU, bind on an additional hour based upon
this text and package the whole thing as teaching astronomy for teachers
for grad credit.  It's a wonderful resource.

Dan M

Dan MacIsaac, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Northern AZ Univ
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