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The TRUMP Astrophysics Project: resources for physics teaching

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2018

E. Swinbank
E. Swinbank*
Affiliation:
Science Education Group, University of York, Heslington, YorkUK

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Comets and quasars, black holes and the big bang, pulsars and planets all feature in the media and excite people to find out more - astronomy might be described as the popular face of modern science. In the UK, recent changes in Advanced Level (A-level) physics courses mean that many students have the option of studying astrophysics to a depth beyond the merely descriptive. This option is proving popular with teachers and students, but presents particular challenges shared by few other areas of A-level physics courses.

Type
Section Six
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 162: New Trends in Astronomy Teaching , 1998 , pp. 320 - 325
Copyright
Copyright © 1996

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