University of Washington
Astronomy Department

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Introductory Astronomy Clearinghouse
LECTURES AND SECTIONS RESOURCES

Labs & Exercises	Lecture Resources	Planetarium Programs
Homeworks	Teaching Methods	Movies, Clips, Animations
Activities	Previous Exams	Links of Interest
UW Astronomy Education Library	Feedback Forms

The categories are defined as follows:

• Labs: These are formal labs which require either access to a computer, or to the materials in the department. They can not be done by a student with just a pencil and a piece of paper.
• Homeworks: Homeworks can be done with nothing more than a piece of paper, a pencil and a calculator.
• Activities: These include lecture demos and un-gradeable-but-fun things to do.
• UW Astronomy Education Library: Located in B356, a collection of books and resources dedicated to helping us all help students learn astronomy.
• Lecture Resources: This includes lecture tutorials, figures, old syllabi, an inventory of useful teaching stuff in the department, etc.
• Teaching Methods: A wide range of information--"Tips for Astronomy TAs," Textbook Reviews, Classroom Management Techniques, helping students find the help they need.
• Prior Exam Questions: Much like posting old exams in the library, or putting them on your own web page, these exams will be available to students.
• Movies: These are either animated gifs for demonstration purposes, or actual films. This category includes an inventory of the movies on the shelf in the A-wing storage room.
• Links of Interest: Links to telescope main pages, magazines, lecture notes, etc. on this page. Some of these pages will be useful to students, but some will just be useful to teachers.
• Feedback forms: Let us know what you tried; what worked; what didn't; suggestions; comments; criticism (constructive, please).