Teaching Resources within the Astronomy Department
Night Sky/Solar
Celestial SphereHalf-darkened basketball
Sidereal time demo
Phases of the Moon (requires light source from physics)
Rooftop observing
Kirkwood observing
Solar telescope observing
Dynamics
Ballet-Dancer with Dumbells (Physics)Bicycle Wheel (Physics)
Planetary Geology
cratering (sand)surface features of Venus (Magellan images)
meteorites
3D Mars
Technology/Light
Infrared cameraSpectrum with colored balls
Absorption/emission with colored balls
red/green laser pointers
prism and diffraction gratings
radiometer (Justin's)
rheostat with incandescent bulb (Physics)
Stellar Structure & Evolution
stellar evolution with balloonsenergy transport with balloons
Distances
parallax in SW 119
Galactic Structure
using globular clusters to find the center of the Milky Way
Generic Interactive Activities
prize wheel/quiz game
Computer Labs
Mass of Jupiter from Moons (Project CLEA)Distance to the Pleiades (Project CLEA)
Tully-Fisher Lab (Fortran program linked to supermongo)