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Teacher Notes – science
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Teacher Notes – science

17/02/2010

Quick Facts

Subjects:

physics and astrophysics

Level:

upper secondary

Languages:

English

Type:

teaching materials

Format:

online and downloadable booklets (PDF)

The Teacher Notes are intended for the final two years of the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum. They were compiled specifically to be used with the Astrophysics option, although they have a much wider application beyond the IB.
The “Stellar Distances” web page also contains links to the Hipparcos and Tycho scientific catalogues.

The web pages and booklets

Introduction to the Universe

Stellar Radiation and Stellar Types

Stellar Distances

Cosmology

Stellar Processes and Evolution

Galaxies and the Expanding Universe