Introductory Astronomy

General Resources for Undergraduate Astronomy

• Research Based Science Education for Undergraduates (An NSF-Funded CCLI project for curriculum development)
• Ethics in Undergraduate Education
• Tips for Scientific Writing
• Class Activities for Introductory Astronomy Courses

Web-based Learning Tools

• Drake Formula Solver
• The Planet Temperature Calculator
•  Life in the Universe: A Workbook for the Drake Solver and The Planet Temperature Solver [Word] [PDF]
• NovaSearch

Infrared Astronomy Activities

• Finding Dusty Disks with Spitzer (data available on request)
• Teacher Guide
• Student Worksheet
• PowerPoint
• Black Body Curves
• Investigating Dust in the Trifid Nebula (this one takes time!). Images available on request.
• Teacher Guide
• Student Worksheet

Dark Universe Activities

• Cepheids in M100
• ESA/ESO Toolkit
• ESA/ ESO Exercise
• Cosmic Questions Ed Guide
• Images for Modeling the Expansion
• Hubble Constant
• Hubble Constant Spreadsheet
• Measuring the Mass of NGC 2742
• Cluster Velocity Dispersion
• Java Lab by Chris Mihos
• Lensing Demo
• Large Scale Structure in the HDF
• HDF with redshifts
• Supernova in M51
• Sky Image Processer from Virginia Tech (Internet Explorer recommended with SIP)
• M51 Images (FITS format for use with SIP)
• Absolute Magnitudes of Supernovae
• Supernova light curves

Teaching and Learning Resources at IU

• Teaching and Learning Technologies at Indiana University
• Campus Instructional Consulting
• Campus Writing Program
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• Faculty Learning Community
• Office of Service Learning
• Plagiarism

Useful Additional Resources

• Project Astro Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Astronomy Education Review
• PBS Seeing in the Dark
• University of Washington Astronomy Department Education Clearinghouse