Gas, Dust, and Stars in Galaxies by Erin Mentuch Cooper
The James Webb Space Telescope ppt by
Natasha Cox,
based on presentations at the January 2012 American
Astronomical Society meeting.
See also JWST teacher resources from
NASA.
NASA and NSF Budgets - an overview from Physics Today by Mary Kay Hemenway
Spitzer Space Telescope - an activity by Maureen Adams and David
Temple
with video conferences to Varoujan Gorjian (JPL) and Adam
Keeton (teacher) about the NITARP
program for teachers/students.
Update on SOFIA by Mary Kay Hemenway
Gamma-Ray Astronomy by Chris Sneden
Global Warming (based on "Astronomers: Teach Climate Change!", an AAS splinter meeting) by Kelley Janes and Sherre Boothman
Lecture Tutorial on the Greenhouse Effect presented by Mary Kay Hemenway
Dark Skies: Globe at Night
based on an AAS meeting workshop by Dee Dee Sengelmann
Antarctic Astronomy by Chris Sneden
Sorting the Cosmic Zoo from Swift Gamma Ray Educator Guide - presented by Mary Kay Hemenway
World Wide
Telescope by Karen Green and Hepsy Singh
American Astronomical Society meeting
Poster
in PDF format
"Meeting our neighbors: dwarf spheroidal galaxies" by Chris Sneden
"Parallax: Measurements with a cross-staff" presented by Sam Harrold
based on an exercise from Modern Astronomy: An Activities
Approach by Hemenway and Robbins
"Galactic Palentology: Support your Local Universe" by Mia Bovill
"Massive Stars" by Chris Sneden
"Phases of the Moon as Presented in Children's Books" (a high school activity) by Kelley Janes
"Spectroscopy: A Tool for Astronomy" by Mary Kay Hemenway
Implementing Beyond
the Solar System: Expanding the Universe in the Classroom by
Mary Kay Hemenway
"Density Wave Theory" by Sam Harrold
"Star Formation in HII Region Environments" by Keely Finkelstein
SOFIA update by Mary Kay Hemenway
An engagement activity using salt by Jody Harkrider
"Evidence is Clear" from Cosmic Times by Mary Kay Hemenway
Last revised 23 April 2012