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These resources have been designed by Ray Priskich to assist educators intending to provide astronomy learning to students from 14 to 16 years of age in Western Australia.

To download the modules or find out more, please click on one of the title bars below.

Astronomy is a story written by humanity’s thirst to understand our world & beyond through the windows of space and time.

The scientific legacy of many talented individuals created the tapestry we recognize today - a description of the heavens told through moments of eureka, serendipity and monotonous trawling of observational data.   Conveying the facts and spirit of this fascinating story as a course of learning is difficult.
Research shows many professional science educators have a nebulous understanding of astronomy concepts. Also the goal of implementing an engaging astronomy learning experience is often hindered by limited classroom material resources and time.

Teaching astronomy can be challenging but through the assistance of the Federal Government’s ASISTM funding program, this material has been made available to you for free. The AstronomyWA committee presents this resource and hopes it will further stimulate the learning of astronomy in your school and all schools throughout Western Australia.

You can choose to download each module as a whole, or download specific chapters of the modules, or download specific activities from within each chapter.

Don't forget to check out our Professional Learning powerpoint presentations including the Secondary Resources package designed to support the Earth and Beyond modules.

Click on a module title below to view more information and choose your download option.

Curriculum links

pdf Download curriculum links 76.16 Kb

This is your guide to the three modules, providing links to the Earth and Beyond learning area outcomes.

 

Entire module

The Stars and Beyond Module


pdf Download entire module 4.30 Mb

INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS FOR THIS MODULE

If you do not want to download the entire module, you can choose topics from the tabs above to download by chapter or by individual lesson.

 

 

 

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This site is awesome+i really love astronomy XD
 
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