Cosmology and Astronomy: Hubble's Law
(View Complete Item Description)This 11-minute video lesson looks at Hubble's Law. [Cosmology and Astronomy playlist: Lesson 26 of 85]
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Cosmology and Astronomy: Hubble Image of Galaxies
(View Complete Item Description)This 4-minute video lesson looks at Hubble Telescope images of galaxies. [Cosmology and Astronomy playlist: Lesson 6 of 85]
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Cosmology and Astronomy: Supermassive Black Holes
(View Complete Item Description)This 9-minute video lesson looks at supermassive black holes. [Cosmology and Astronomy playlist: Lesson 34 of 85]
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Cosmology and Astronomy: Parsec Definition
(View Complete Item Description)This 8-minute video lesson defines parsec a unit of distance used in astronomy. [Cosmology and Astronomy playlist: Lesson 25 of 85]
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Cosmology and Astronomy: Why Cepheids Pulsate
(View Complete Item Description)This 7-minute video lesson explains why cepheids pulsate. [Cosmology and Astronomy playlist: Lesson 32 of 85]
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Cosmology and Astronomy: Stellar Parallax Clarification
(View Complete Item Description)This 2-minute video lesson provides clarification on parallax. [Cosmology and Astronomy playlist: Lesson 24 of 85]
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Cosmology and Astronomy: Stellar Parallax
(View Complete Item Description)This 9-minute video lesson provides another introduction to stellar parallax. [Cosmology and Astronomy playlist: Lesson 22 of 85]
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Cosmology and Astronomy: Cosmic Background Radiation (1)
(View Complete Item Description)This 12-minute video lesson discusses cosmic background radiation. [Cosmology and Astronomy playlist: Lesson 11 of 85]
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Cosmology and Astronomy: Cosmic Background Radiation (2)
(View Complete Item Description)This 10-minute video lesson continues the discussion of cosmic background radiation. It looks at the redshift of the cosmic background Radiation. [Cosmology and Astronomy playlist: Lesson 12 of 85]
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Gravity and Orbits
(View Complete Item Description)Move the sun, earth, moon and space station to see how it affects their gravitational forces and orbital paths. Visualize the sizes and distances between different heavenly bodies, and turn off gravity to see what would happen without it!
Material Type: Simulation
Astronomy Star Project
(View Complete Item Description)This is a project I assign my students in an introductory, non-science major astronomy class. Each student is assigned one of the 25 brightest stars in the sky and they are asked to research and apply concepts they have been learning in the class to their particular star. I leave it up to them to decide the format of their final project - most do PowerPoint but some have done videos or podcasts. One student actually landed a part time job at a radio station after they heard her recording her star project! Many students tell me this is a highlight of the course!
Material Type: Assessment
Using Social Media (Twitter) in the Classroom
(View Complete Item Description)This handout describes how I plan to integrate social media (Twitter) into my online astronomy class. With minor modifications, it would work equally well in a face-to-face class.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Using PhotoVoice in the Classroom
(View Complete Item Description)This PhotoVoice assignment is what I use in my astronomy class to get students to prepare for the final exam. They need to find a photograph illustrating a concept covered in the course and then explain it in a paragraph. They post these on the discussion board so others in the class can read and comment as desired.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Teaching/Learning Strategy
An OER Mashup: Astronomy Redesign
(View Complete Item Description)Discussion of the redesign of AST 1002 Descriptive Astronomy using a mashup of OER resources. Many of these tools could be replicated in other disciplines.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Teaching/Learning Strategy
Lunar Observation Project
(View Complete Item Description)The month-long lunar observation project I have all students in my AST 1002 Descriptive Astronomy class complete. I helps them understand the phases of the Moon, the relationship between lunar phases and tides, and just gets them outside looking up! Many students say this is the best part of the course.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment
Cosmology and Astronomy: Big Bang Introduction
(View Complete Item Description)This 11-minute video lesson introduces the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe. [Cosmology and Astronomy playlist: Lesson 7 of 85]
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Cosmology and Astronomy: Scale of the Galaxy
(View Complete Item Description)This 13-minute video lesson examines the scale of our galaxy. [Cosmology and Astronomy playlist: Lesson 4 of 85]
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Cosmology and Astronomy: Red Shift
(View Complete Item Description)This 10-minute video discusses redshift and the Doppler Effect. [Cosmology and Astronomy playlist: Lesson 10 of 85]
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Cosmology and Astronomy: Scale of Solar System
(View Complete Item Description)This 13-minute video lesson examines the size and scale of the solar system. [Cosmology and Astronomy playlist: Lesson 2 of 85]
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Cosmology and Astronomy: Introduction to Light
(View Complete Item Description)This 10-minute video lesson provides a basic introduction to light and electromagnetic radiation. [Cosmology and Astronomy playlist: Lesson 68 of 85]
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