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'Stargazers' in the Classroom
"Stargazers" and National Science Education Standards
Inventory of concepts, calculations and stories, by section.
A list of problems related to the material.
Additional Problems
"Using Space to Teach Physics" (draft of article in The Physics Teacher, Feb.'99)
"Kepler's 3 Laws of Planetary Motion," a one-hour overview lecture to teachers presented 23 March 2005.
Afterthoughts on what this site has become.
Author and Curator: Dr. David P. Stern
Greenbelt, Maryland Mail to Dr.Stern: stargaze("at" symbol)phy6.org .

"From Stargazers to Starships" follows an earlier site "The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere". "Stargazers" deals with the world of gravity--of massive planets and stars, and the way spaceflight is achieved despite their strong pull. "Exploration" on the other hand looks at the hot (but usually rarefied) gases which fill most of space, which are ruled by magnetic and electric forces rather than by gravity. The polar aurora, the radiation belts, the solar wind, magnetic storms, "space weather", cosmic radiation--this is the site which tells you all about them.