[:PiraScheme#Astronomy: Table of Astronomy]

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[:Cosmology:Astronomy(8C):Cosmology]

[:Demonstrations:Lecture Demonstrations]

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8B10.10

60 W Sun

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8B10.20

The Solar Constant

Accurate methods to calculate the amount of energy the Earth receives from the Sun. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT, 42(4), 196]

8B10.20

Solar Constant

See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 38(6), 333]

8B10.20

Solar Constant Lab

Inexpensive equipment used to measure the solar constant. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 15(3), 172]

8B10.22

Solar Energy

Measurement of solar energy from the Sun. See [http://scitation.aip.org/ajp/ American Journal of Physics - AJP 45(10), 981]

8B10.24

Solar Luminosity

Estimating hc/k from observations of sunlight. See [http://scitation.aip.org/ajp/ American Journal of Physics - AJP 73(10), 979]

8B10.24

Solar Luminosity

Experiments measuring the solar constant used to calculate the luminosity of the Sun. See [http://scitation.aip.org/ajp/ American Journal of Physics - AJP 74(8), 728]

8B10.24

Solar luminosity

Use a light bulb of known wattage to calculate the luminosity of the Sun. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 29(2), 96]

8B10.25

Solar Wien Peak

A discussion of why the human eye sees best at the yellow-green wavelengths which is well away from the Wien peak. See [http://scitation.aip.org/ajp/ American Journal of Physics - AJP 71(3), 216]

8B10.25

Solar Wien Peak

A calculation that puts the Sun's Wien peak at 710 nm. See [http://scitation.aip.org/ajp/ American Journal of Physics - AJP 71(12), 322] See also AJP 71(6), 519.

8B10.30

The Sun's Temperature

How to calculate the Sun's temperature from known data. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 17(8), 531]

8B10.35

The Sun's Diameter

How to use a pinhole to calculate the diameter of the Sun. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 38(5), 272]

8B10.35

The Sun's Size

Using ratios and models in class to bring the size of the Sun into perspective. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 38(2), 115]

8B10.35

The Sun's Size

How the observed size of the Sun changes from perihelion to aphelion. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 39(4), 249]

8B10.35

The Sun's Diameter

Use an index card with a small hole and a meter stick to determine the diameter of the Sun.

8B10.40

Lava Lamp

Making a lava lamp which can be used to show convection cells. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 46(4), 219]

8B10.50

Sunspots

8B10.50

Sunspot on the Overhead

A light bulb on a variac is turned up to visible glow and placed on an overhead projector that is turned off. When the overhead is turned on, the filament appears as a dark spot.

8B10.50

Sunspot Hallway Demo

In a brightly lit room open the door to a dimly lit hallway. The hallway appears dark. Gradually dim the room lights and observe how the hallway dramatically lights up. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 35(6), 334]

8B10.60

Random Walk

Flip coin to model 1-d random walk. Execute a computer program or shake a pan of ping pong balls or tennis balls to model a 2-d random walk.

8B10.60

Random Walk - Modeling the Energy Outflow in Stars

Use a Bumble Ball ( a common toy ) to illustrate the random walk of high energy photons in a star. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT,37(4), 236]

8B10.70

Solar Oscillations

8B10.80

Stellar/Nuclear Fusion

A model built from magnets to demonstrate the forces in nuclear fusion. See [http://scitation.aip.org/ajp/ American Journal of Physics - AJP 62(9), 804]

8B10.80

Stellar Fusion

A look at fission and fusion and a determination as to which processes or nuclei release more energy. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 43(5), 303]

8B10.90

Poynting-Robertson Effect

How to demo the Poynting-Robertson effect using an air track, air cart, and an air hose blowing air down onto the air track. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 42(2), 119]

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8B20.10

Stellar Spectra

Using stellar spectra to classify stars according to temperature. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 38(1), 35]

8B20.20

Doppler Effect & Stellar Spectra

A flaw in the argument of observed red shifts as proof of an expanding universe. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 26(2), 102]

8B20.20

Doppler Effect & Stellar Spectra

The effect of the Doppler shift on the spectrum of stars as observed by space travelers. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 35(3), 160]

8B20.20

Doppler Effect & Stellar Spectra

How the energy of a photon is directly proportional to frequency and how this is not a violation of energy conservation when applied to the observed Doppler effect. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 21(9), 616]

8B20.20

Doppler Effect & Stellar Spectra

A further discussion on energy conservation and the Doppler effect. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 22(6), 350]

8B20.40

Gamma Ray Line Astronomy

Gamma ray line astronomy (GRLA) used to detect spectral features from stars. See [http://scitation.aip.org/tpt/ The Physics Teacher - TPT 19(8), 527]

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