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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808092603321

Autore

Keeley Page

Titolo

Uncovering student ideas in astronomy : 45 new formative assessment probes / / by Page Keeley and Cary Sneider

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Arlington, Va., : National Science Teachers Association, c2012

Arlington, Virginia : , : National Science Teachers Association, , [2012]

�2012

ISBN

1-936959-82-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxix, 255 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

520.71/2

Soggetti

Astronomy - Study and teaching - Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. The nature of planet earth -- section 2. the sun-earth systems -- section 3. Modeling the moon -- section 4. Dynamic solar system -- section 5. Stars, galaxies, and the universe.

Sommario/riassunto

What do your students know-or think they know-about what causes night and day, why days are shorter in winter, and how to tell a planet from a star? Find out with this book on astronomy, the latest in NSTA's popular Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series. The 45 astronomy probes provide situations that will pique your students' interest while helping you understand how your students think about key ideas related to the universe and how it operates.