Archive - The Classroom Astronomer Newsletter

Sky Lessons: Using the May 16-16 Total Lunar Eclipse and a Ball to Find the Moon's Distance and Size; Communicating Science Discoveries and Astronomy…

May 10

An Eclipse on Mars Reproduces Classic Earth in Space Experiment!; RAP Sheet: An Assessment in the Planetarium on Sun and Star Motions, with Teaching…

Apr 26

Making Astronomy Games; Effective Teaching of Einsteinian Physics in Middle School; Annotated and Indexed Online Labs Resource; Global Astronomy Month…

Apr 1

An Educational Naked Eye Messier & NGC Marathon; March's Ecliptic Solar Motions; Where Do They Teach 12 Grades of Astronomy?; Teaching about…

Mar 21

Explore the Universe with The WorldWide Telescope; The Sun and Moon's Orbital Motions; Astro Camp Tips with Visually Impaired Students.

Mar 11

Eyeballing Stellar Spectral Types, Astronomy Cafés for Students and Teachers, Jelly Prisms for Gravitational Lensing Demonstrations

Feb 24

Galactic Structure in Winter Skies; Hubble Education--Name That Nebula!, Birthday Photos; RAP Sheet -- Astronomy vs. Astrology, Smartphone Moon Photos…

Feb 11

Astronomy Labs for Blind and Visually Impaired; Sky Lessons--Star Cluster Progressions; RAP Sheet - Most Effective Way to Teach Moon Phases, Retracing…

Feb 1

Venus & Mars 'On the Level'?; Brute Force Plotting Algol's Evening Eclipses; 3D Zooms in Hubble's Deep Field; History of Astro Ed Journals, + A New…

Jan 22

The James Webb Telescope's Location; Planning Your Spring Sky Lessons; Teachniques: Solar Lessons Beyond Observing It, and Image and Video Collections…

Jan 12

Sky Lesson--New Year's Ecliptic Pachinko; Smartphone Simulations; Students as Teachers, Scientists;Massive Resource Collections; Drawing for Learning…

Dec 16, 2021

TCA goes to 30 issues!; Eclipse Photo; Sky Lessons; IAU-Shaw--Constellations, Gravity, Tactile Galaxies, more; RAP--Gravitational Waves, Wiki Articles…

Dec 1, 2021

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