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Work in Progress: Resources to be added and grouped

TopicResources
Kepler’s LawsYes ( , )
Newton’s law of Gravitation
Instruments
Stellar classification & Spectra
Cosmological observations
Students’ Alternative Conceptions in Astronomy

At the 2009 Physics Teachers Conference Dr David McKinnon (ANU) gave the Physics Oration “Students’ Alternative Conceptions in Astronomy” which included several very large files, which were distributed to participants on a CDROM. The smaller files that he supplied are:

  • Astronomy Diagnostic Test: Manual 1.35 MB Manual for scoring responses to the ‘Alternative Conceptions in Astronomy’ Test. 32 pages.
  • Astronomy Diagnostic Test: List 81.9 kB A ranked and scored list of ‘Alternative Conceptions in Astronomy’. 2 pages.
  • Astronomy Diagnostic Test 197 kB The actual test on ‘Alternative Conceptions in Astronomy’. Southern hemisphere version 1.01. 11 pages.
  • Astronomy Diagnostic Test: Overall Report 980 kB Report of the Eye Observatory Remote Telescope Project: Practical Astronomy for Years 7, 8 and 9.A Research and Development Report prepared for the Department of Education, Science and Training by David H. McKinnon, Charles Sturt University 206 page pdf file.
Astronomy to Year 10 with lab based practical work by Russell Downie

At the 2014 Physics Teachers’ Conference Russell presented a session on teaching the Astronomy to Year 10 with lab based practical work. These are the documents that he supplied to the Conference Proceedings. Russell used to teach at PLC.