Fresh Perspectives

Fresh perspectives on

  • how the frontiers of astronomy affect physics
  • how they might enrich undergraduate physics instruction.
View or download slides and posters from the conference below

Larry Marschall

Astronomical Research in an Undergraduate Setting

Astronomical Research in an Undergraduate Setting

Dave Charbonneau

How the Hunt for Habitable Worlds Can Inspire Physics Students

Dean Zollman

Context Matters: Insights from transfer research on teaching physics with examples from astronomy

In moving Dean Zollman’s slides from .pptx to .pdf some of his nice animations were lost.

David Mitchell

A Group Project-Based Course in Observa8onal Astronomy

Scott Gaudi

How to Conduct an Exoplanet Census

Wolfgang Christian & Mario Belloni

Digital Library Resources for Teaching Astronomy

Chris Stubbs

Why Has Dark Energy Precipitated a Crisis in
Fundamental Physics?
(and the Prospect of Intellectual Stagnation)

Charles Holbrow

Fruits of astronomy research — ripe for picking