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Informative Slide Sets in Astronomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Andrew Fraknoi  and
Sherwood Harrington
Andrew Fraknoi
Affiliation:
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 390 Ashton Ave, San Francisco, California 94112, U.S.A.
Sherwood Harrington
Affiliation:
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 390 Ashton Ave, San Francisco, California 94112, U.S.A.

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In astronomy, perhaps more than any other science, the cliché is true: A picture can be worth a thousand words. Unfortunately, with the illustrations in some astronomical textbooks, a picture can sometimes require a thousand words. And for beginning or inexperienced instructors, the worst thing can be that a picture may deserve a thousand words, but the instructor has only 50 words at his or her disposal.

Even for experienced instructors, unless the image happens to be in one’s own area of expertise, it can sometimes be difficult to appreciate or convey the full significance of a modern deep-sky photo, radiograph, or satellite multicolor composite image.

Type
7. Teaching Aids and Resources
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 105: The Teaching of Astronomy , 1990 , pp. 211 - 213
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990