New Astronomy Activities Manual

1. Properties of a Transiting Extrasolar Planet
2. Temperature Scales
3. Measuring Angles
4. Motion on the Celestial Sphere
5. Motions of the Moon
6. Lunacy: Moon Phase Exercise
7. The Phases of Venus
8. Mapping the Solar System from Earth
9. Moon Phases
10. The Seasons and the Sun's Path on the Celestial Sphere
11. Force, Acceleration, and Gravity
12. Kepler's Laws and Elliptical Orbits
13. How Long are the Days on Mercury and Venus?
14. Electromagnetic Radiation and Thermal Spectra
15. A Scale Model of the Solar System
16. Kuiper Belt Objects
17. Age Dating Through Radioactive Decay
18. Tidal Forces and the Roche Limit
19. Stellar Masses with Newton's Version of Kepler's Third Law
20. Luminosity, Brightness, and the Inverse Square Law
21. Elementary Particles and Forces Review
22. Fusion in the Sun: the Proton-Proton Chain
23. Spectra
24. The Diameters And Luminosities of Stars
25. Stellar Classification
26. The Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) Diagram
27. Stellar Evolution
28. Special Relativity: Time Dilation and Length Contraction
29. Worldlines and Light Travel Time
30. What Lurks at the Center of the Milky Way?
31. Quasar Jets: a Superluminal Optical Illusion
32. The Expansion of Space
33. The Acceleration of the Milky Way
34. Civilizations in Our Galaxy: the Drake Equation