Astronomy For Educators, Fayetteville, AR Videos

I tested a pair of solar eclipse glasses with a small telescope. Using these glasses *on your face* to look at the Sun IS SAFE. Putting on glasses and using a telescope is NOT!

We've been studying gravitation this week! What goes up must come down - but does it take the same amount of time? Is landing speed always equal to launching speed? How can my students understand that velocity always increases but acceleration is always constant? Why do freely falling objects always move in parabolic curves? Bringing an understanding of gravity to your classroom needn't be difficult or expensive! With a simple ramp, a marble, some food coloring, and construction paper - your students can do this too! Suitable for students from 4th to 12th grade, the lesson is easy to scale for any grade or math level. You can find this activity in my book: Astronomy For Educators. Download your free copy of this award winning FREE resource - now in use in more than 6,500 schools and serving more than 350,000 students world wide. Get your free copy at: Scholarworks.uark.edu/oer/2 Check out the Astronomy For Educators FB page and YouTube channel, too!

We’ve all heard the story of Newton discovering gravity when an apple fell on his head, but do your students know what really happened? How did Newton watch the apple falling, and realize that the Moon is falling too? Teaching about Newton, gravitation, and orbits needn’t be difficult or expensive! You can take your students on an adventure and help them discover how gravity controls not only the path of a ball through the air, but the path and speed of moons and planets through space! Cover all the laws of motion and gravity in one simple activity! This simple and affordable activity is perfectly suited for in person as well as remote and homeschool classes. It covers state and NGSS science standards effortlessly and affordably! Don’t shy away because of MATH! You can scale the math level from almost none up through advanced algebra – add the math you want without redesigning the activity or the curriculum! This activity is based on the Astronomy For Educators text, now in use in over 4,400 schools in more than 50 countries. You can get a FREE copy of the text at: Scholarworks.uark.edu/oer/2 This activity will be featured in this week’s How Do You Know? show with Dr. Daniel Barth. Earlier episodes are available on the Astronomy For Educators page. If you would like a free copy of this week’s 10-page, fully illustrated curriculum guide, email me at [email protected]