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Astronomy for Educators

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Barth, Daniel E., author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Science--Textbooks.
Science.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] University of Arkansas [2018]
Language Note:
In English.
Summary:
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.
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
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