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The NASA Center for Astronomy Education (CAE) provides professional development for faculty, postdocs, and graduate students who teach introductory astronomy to non-science majors. This includes (generally free) 2-day and 3-day workshops around the country; online resources such as This Month's Teaching Strategy; a moderated academic listserv Astrolrner@CAE; and Ideas from your Classrooms.
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| Subject keyword(s) | Astronomy, Astronomy Education, Science -- Astronomy, Science -- Physics, Science -- Space sciences, Space Science |
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| Grade level | High School, Higher Education, Vocational/Professional Development Education |
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| Intended audience | Educator, Learner |
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| Resource type | Community, Instructional Material, Reference Material |
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| Resource format | application, text, text/html |
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| Rights | Has a copyright or other licensing restriction. |
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| Title | ComPADRE: Resources for Physics and Astronomy Education |
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| Link | http://www.compadre.org/ |
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| Description | ComPADRE is a set of communities of teachers and students in physics and astronomy and web-based collections of resources to support their needs. The communities supported by ComPADRE are groups that can benefit from the sharing of materials, information, and experiences in a web environment. Example communities include teachers of specific physics or astronomy courses, societies of undergraduate physics and astronomy students, and teachers addressing specific grade levels, such as high-school or middle-school teachers. Resources included in the collections are chosen to enhance the teaching and learning experience, and include multimedia learning objects, lesson plans, tutorials, laboratories and other student activities, and discussion forums on the use of these materials. The different collections are organized under the ComPADRE umbrella, which provides a central database (the Physical Sciences Resource Center), technical support, support for collection editors and community leaders, and the means to coordinate efforts across the communities. |
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| Title | AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository |
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| Link | http://amser.org/ |
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| Description | AMSER (Applied Math and Science Education Repository) is a portal of educational resources and services built specifically for those in community and technical colleges, but free for anyone to use. AMSER is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of the National Science Digital Library, and is being created by a team of project partners led by Internet Scout. |
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Content contained within the resource
JPL HOME EARTH SOLAR SYSTEM STARS & GALAXIES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BRING THE UNIVERSE TO YOU: JPL Email News RSS Podcast Video Home Workshops Astrolrner@CAE Teaching Strategies CATS College Locator Publications CAE on Facebook Seeing the Universe Outside Resources About Us Contacts Join Our Mailing List The Legacy of Moderation Continues: The Astrolrner@CAE Guest Moderator Program Hi all, I am Amy Forestell from SUNY New Paltz, and I am pleased to be your next Astrolrner@CAE Guest Moderator. I first learned about CAE as a graduate student, when I attended the Cosmos in the Classroom conference in 2007. I am so grateful that there were faculty members at my institution who told me about the conference and encouraged me to attend. It was there that I heard about many things, like Lecture-Tutorials and Think-Pair-Share, for the first time. I thought “Montillation of Traxoline” ... More >> What Have You Exchanged Lately? Building Strength through Numbers Regional Teaching Exchanges Most people who know about CAE first think of the Teaching Excellence workshops held at national conferences. The... More >> What "Makes the Grade"? Bridging the Gap Between Instructor and Student Expectations How many times during a semester do we answer questions about grades? "Why didn't I get full credit for the homework?" "How can I get an A in this class?" "What... More >> Learning about Teaching: An Undergrad's Perspective on CAE's Teaching Excellence Workshops This Month's Teaching Strategy comes to us from Angie Wolfgang (Cornell Univ.). Angie attended our CAE Teaching Excellence Workshop in St. Louis this summer.... More >> Additional Teaching Strategies >> NASA's Image of the Day Gallery Image of the day is not available at this time. CAE is funded through the generous contributions of the NASA JPL Exoplanet Exploration Public Engagement Program. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0715517, a CCLI Phase III Grant for the Collaboration of Astronomy Teaching Scholars (CATS). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. PRIVACY FEEDBACK Site Manager: Gina Brissenden Webmaster: Cornell Lewis
