Teaching Resources

UW Hosted Resources

Interactive Star Cluster Color-Magnitude Diagrams: Includes interactive plots for the globular clusters M12and M71, and open clusters NGC 0188, NGC 2168, NGC 2682, NGC 6791. Code to produce the the plots is included as a python notebook, and can be viewed here.
Interactive Galaxy Rotation Curves: Includes interactive plots for NGC 134, NGC 3274, UGC 1281, UGC 3137. Code to produce the plots is included in this Python notebook.
Hubble's Law Images and Spectra of Galaxies: Measure the angular size and position of spectral lines for galaxies.
Stellar Atmospheres with ChromaStar: ChromaStar, by Dr. Ian Short of Saint Mary's University, models the atmospheres of stars--in your browser!

Ana Larson's Tips for TAs: Guide to TAing circa 2010.
WorldWide Telescope Tour Ideas: We use WorldWide Telescope (WWT) to run both the UW Planetarium and the UW Mobile Planetarium. Additional WWT Education resources are available here: https://wwtambassadors.org/educational-materials
Astronomy and the NGSS State Standards

Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project: The gold-standard of Astronomy interactives, now upgraded from Flash!
RR Lyrae lab, Laura Sparks, Santa Rosa Junior College. Students are guided through several tutorial spreadsheets to measure the period and magnitude of RR Lyraes in the direction of the Hydra II Ultra Faint Dwarf Galaxy.

Education Resources from The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Faculty Resources from the University of Colorado's Science Education Initiative: "the University of Colorado invests millions of dollars in research on science teaching. Stephanie Chasteen of the CU PER group has put together some of our most helpful materials and suggestions. targeted for the start of an academic term. All materials are available to the public on a creative commons license. Please spread the word!" Doug Duncan