Rob Knop's Physics & Astronomy Education Page

• Talk Slides: Slides from talks and presentations that I've given. Many (but not all) of these were given in the virtual world Second Life. You can find a full video of one such talk from 2009, entitled "How We Know That Dark Matter Exists".
  
  
• Classes: Web pages from classes I teach and have taught in the past
  
  
• Astronomy Movies: 3d animations and other movies I've made for use in classes and talks
  
  
• Our Quantum World: a textbook I wrote for a class at Quest. This was designed to give a deep introduction to some of the mysteries of Quantum Mechancis designed for students who haven't taken a college calculus or physics course. It only requires algebra, but does not shy away from that!
  
  
• Expanding Universe Activity: An activity where you measure the expansion rate of a model Universe constructed from paper clips and elastic bands. I've used this in summer workshops with teachers, 5th graders, and in a college introductory astronomy class.
  
  
• Physics & Astronomy Java Toys: Applets and Java applications related to physics & astronom that I've created.