Online Journey Through Astronomy - Softcover

Guidry, Michael W.; Riedinger, Margaret; Barnes, Ted

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534213820 ISBN 13: 9780534213824

Publisher: Brooks/Cole Pub Co, 2000

Synopsis

ONLINE JOURNEY THROUGH® ASTRONOMY is a complete online introductory astronomy course with a student companion workbook. It is available in four configurations: a complete two-term course, a brief course, a solar system course, and a stars and galaxies course. It is intended as a stand-alone product, but can be bundled with any Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning introductory astronomy book. ONLINE JOURNEY THROUGH® ASTRONOMY modules contain text supported by images and more than 400 interactive animations and simulations, links to other web sites, objectives, graded exercises, quizzes with immediate feedback, additional exercises, critical-thinking exercises, problems, glossary, index, and astronomical calculators.The Student Companion is available to accompany any of the courses. A complete Instructor's Implementation Guide provides chapters that describe how to create and manage an online course, sample syllabi, chapter objectives, and teaching tips for specific topics by chapter. It also gives navigation detials and technical requirements.

About this title

About the Author

Michael W. Guidry is professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Tennessee and an Adjunct Staff Member of the Physics Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His recent research involves Type II supernovae, novae, X-ray bursters, large-scale element production networks, gamma-ray bursts, applications of dynamical symmetries to condensed matter systems, and development of object-oriented programming for scientific visualization and advanced educational technology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brooks/Cole Pub Co
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534213820
• ISBN 13: 9780534213824
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2