Rob Knop's Astronomy Education Page

• Talk Slides: Slides from talks and presentations that I've given
  
  
• Classes: Web pages from classes I taught back when I was a professor
  
  
• Astronomy Movies: 3d animations and other movies I've made for use in classes and talks
  
  
• 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.
• Astronomy Applets: Astronomy-related JAVA applets I've created.

I give regular public outreach astronomy talks in the virtual world Second Life, as a part of the effort of MICA, the Meta-Institute of Computational Astronomy. A Second Life account is free; you can register by going to the SciLands Registration Portal. (MICA is a member of the SciLands, a group of science-related organizations that form a mini-continent in Second Life.)

For more information about the "Dr. Knop Talks Astronomy" talk series, see the MICA's "Popular Talks" page.