#acl Narf:read,write,delete,revert,admin FacultyGroup:read,write All:read ||<:25%>[[PiraScheme#Astronomy| Table of Astronomy]]||<:25%>[[Cosmology|Astronomy(8C):Cosmology]]||<:25%>[[AstronomyTeachingTechniques|Astronomy(8E):Astronomy Teaching Techniques]]||<:25%>[[Demonstrations|Lecture Demonstrations]]|| == Miscellaneous Astronomy == ''PIRA classification 8D'' = 8D10. Miscellaneous Astronomy = ||<:10%>'''PIRA #'''||<:>'''Demonstration Name'''||<:60%>'''Abstract'''|| ||8D10.10||Astrophotography||Problems with the photography of stars and galaxies. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 21(4), 250]]|| ||8D10.10||Astrophotography||A homemade mount for guided astrophotos. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 35(3), 186]]|| ||8D10.20||Daytime Observations||Compare the size of the Sun and the Moon using welder's filters for daytime observation. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 29(7), 459]]|| ||8D10.20||Daytime Observations||Calculating Sun-Earth and Earth-Moon distances using trigonometry and foam plastic balls. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 29(8), 500]]|| ||8D10.20||Daytime Observations||Make observations to determine if the Moon revolves around the Earth in the same direction as the Earth itself rotates or in the opposite direction. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 30(2), 70]]|| ||8D10.30||Tossing on a Rotating Space Station Amusement park rides are used to answer the question "Where does a tossed ball go?" on a rotating space station. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 42(7), 423]]|| ||8D10.30||Tossing on a Rotating Space Station||A graphical approach to the tossed ball on a rotating space station problem. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 43(1), 4]]|| ||8D10.40||Soda Can Gravity Demo|| || ||8D10.80||Space Debris|| || = 8D20. Telescopes = ||<:10%>'''PIRA #'''||<:>'''Demonstration Name'''||<:60%>'''Abstract'''|| ||8D20.10||Radio Telescopes||Introducing radio astronomy as a classroom stimulus. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 48(4), 251]]|| ||8D20.10||Very Small Radio Telescope ||Using the very small radio telescope (VSRT) to teach high school physics. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 49(9), 546]]|| ||8D20.10||Radio Telescopes||Six articles by Prof. George Swenson and how to instructions for building a portable radio interferometer. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 18(7), 548]]|| ||8D20.10||Radio Telescopes||Observing "cosmic synchrotrons" with a radio telescope. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 14(8), 479]]|| ||8D20.10||Radio Telescopes||About the 210 foot diameter radio telescope at Parkes, New South Wales. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 4(3), 99]]|| ||8D20.10||Radio Telescopes||About the radio telescope at Mullard Observatory, Cambridge, England. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 2(2), 72]]|| ||8D20.20||Microwave telescopes ||Show the old microwave telescope.|| ||8D20.30||Infrared Telescopes ||How to build an improved handheld infrared telescope. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 18(1), 64]]|| ||8D20.30||Infrared Telescopes||Build an infrared telescope using the 1P-25 image conversion tube. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 17(2), 132]]|| ||8D20.30||Infrared Telescopes||A simple infrared telescope made with kitchen materials. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 22(4), 248]]|| ||8D20.40||Optical Telescopes||See 6A70.20 || ||8D20.50||UV Telescopes ||A look at the Polar and Dynamic Explorer satellites|| ||8D20.60||X-Ray Telescopes Views of our Sun at the soft X-ray wavelengths. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 36(7), 403]]|| ||8D20.70||Gamma Ray Telescopes ||An explanation of gamma ray astronomy and the instruments used to observe very high energy gamma ray sources. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 24(1), 21]]|| ||8D20.70||Gamma Ray Telescopes ||Gamma ray line astronomy and the instruments used for observation. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 19(8), 527]]|| = 8D30. Astronomical Instruments = ||<:10%>'''PIRA #'''||<:>'''Demonstration Name'''||<:60%>'''Abstract'''|| ||8D30.10||Satellite Models ||Building a satellite model to demonstrate centripital force and satellite motion. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 46(4), 237]]|| ||8D30.20||Spacecraft Models ||Spacecraft models of Pioneer, Voyager, Cassini, PDP, Hawkeye, Juno, and the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, etc. || ||8D30.50||Satellites ||How to simulate realistic satellite orbits and the effect that atmospheric drag has on them. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 43(7), 454]]|| ||8D30.50||GPS Satellites ||Relativistic effects on clocks aboard GPS satellites. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 44(7), 424]]|| ||8D30.50||Satellites ||Determination of a satellite orbit using the doppler effect. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 2(2), 70]]|| ||8D30.50||Satellites ||Calculating the velocity of orbiting satellites. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 23(1), 29]]|| ||8D30.60||Spacecraft ||A demonstration to show why the Voyager 2 spacecraft had an unwanted wobble when a tape recorder on the spacecraft was turned on. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 37(4), 196]]|| ||8D30.60||Spacecraft Artifacts ||A classroom exercise deciphering the information contained on the plaque that accompanied the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 spacecraft. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 39(8), 476]]|| ||8D30.60||Spacecraft Orbits ||A classroom experiment where students are given a comet or spacecraft's initial velocity and distance from the Sun. They use Newton's laws and a process of iteration to approximate its orbit. See [[http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/|The Physics Teacher - TPT 13(4), 232]]|| * [[http://www.stellarium.org/|Stellarium Download]] [[Demonstrations]] [[Instructional|Home]]