Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy - Preliminary Version
Pearson (Publisher)
Published on 17. November 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
88 pages
978-0-13-101109-0 (ISBN)
Description
For introductory astronomy courses.
Funded by the National Science Foundation, Lecture-Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy are designed to help make large lecture-format courses more interactive. Each of the 29 Lecture-Tutorials is presented in a classroom-ready format, challenges students with a series of carefully designed questions that spark classroom discussion, engage students in critical reasoning, and require no equipment.
Funded by the National Science Foundation, Lecture-Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy are designed to help make large lecture-format courses more interactive. Each of the 29 Lecture-Tutorials is presented in a classroom-ready format, challenges students with a series of carefully designed questions that spark classroom discussion, engage students in critical reasoning, and require no equipment.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
1000 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-101109-0 (9780131011090)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. Naked-Eye Astronomy.
2. Moon Phases.
3. Nature of Light and Electromagnetic Spectrum.
4. Tools & Telescopes.
5. Motions in the Solar System.
6. The Solar System.
7. Our Sun.
8. Stellar Magnitudes.
9. Techniques in Astronomy.
10. Stellar Spectral Classification.
11. Stellar Evolution.
12. Characteristics of the Milky Way.
13. Cosmology & the Big Bang.
2. Moon Phases.
3. Nature of Light and Electromagnetic Spectrum.
4. Tools & Telescopes.
5. Motions in the Solar System.
6. The Solar System.
7. Our Sun.
8. Stellar Magnitudes.
9. Techniques in Astronomy.
10. Stellar Spectral Classification.
11. Stellar Evolution.
12. Characteristics of the Milky Way.
13. Cosmology & the Big Bang.