Publisher's Synopsis
Beginning Astronomy Laboratory courses can be difficult for students to learn and it is imperative that the instructor is prepared with the right pedagogy for teaching the material found in each laboratory exercise.Beginning Astronomy Laboratory: A Hands-On Laboratory Course in Basic Astronomy has been designed to aid the instructor in the materials needed to teach the class and to provide methodologies for teaching this material to the beginning or general education GE student. The authors have created many hands-on sessions where students run actual equipment taking real data that they may better understand and experience the material.