To Teach The Stars Workshops

To Improve the Astronomy in Schools


To Arrange a Workshop

Dr. Larry Krumenaker

larryk@ToTeachTheStars.Net

Phone: 404 702 8147

www.ToTeachTheStars.net

Fax: 404 393 7037

3605 Sandy Plains Road, Suite 240-203,

Marietta, GA  30066-3068

 Why Teach Astronomy     How To Set Up Workshops   Sample Units  Sample Astronomy Topics   Sample Science Education Topics       Sample Workshop Outlines, Testimonials, Contact Info and a Downloadable Brochure     
Who Is Dr. K?

This set of topics is a sampling; like the universe, topics are unlimited!

THE SUN

Safe Observing

Sunspots

Effects on Earth - Magnetometers

Sun Size – a Primer in Measuring

THE MOON 

Phases – Causes and Misconceptions

The Moon’s surface during its phases -         rotation

Details of the Moon’s surface – craters and Moon maps

 THE PLANETS

Kepler’s Laws

The Orbits of the Planets, and When Can You

See One?

Heliocentric vs. Geocentric & Retrograde Motion

Categorizing – A science skill to use on planets

STARS

Star Distances and Lives of the Stars

The H-R diagram- How it is like your classroom

The Speed of Light and Supernovae

Astrobiology – Life on Other Worlds (with

chemistry, too)


Three Pieces of Data Tell Us Everything

The Scale of the Universe

Earth Motions


Rotation, Revolution- units of time The Zodiac (ha ha ha)

Constellations

Current Night Sky (we can do it real or simulated)

Star Legends (Cherokee, Hindi, and others)

Sky Maps and Body Angles

                  

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