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Smartwork

Smartwork online homework offers a variety of interactive question types, book-specific hints, and extensive answer-specific feedback. Get started quickly with our premade assignments authored by master teachers or customize your own questions and add your own content.

The question library contains over 2,300 questions, including:

Reading Astronomy News questions
Chapter opening experiment questions
Exploration questions
Simulation questions
What an Astronomer Sees questions
Astronomy in Action demonstration video questions
End-of-chapter questions
Process of Science guided inquiry assignments
Learning Astronomy by Doing Astronomy workbook questions

Astronomy in Action videos

Available in Smartwork and the ebook, the Astronomy in Action videos feature author Stacy Palen demonstrating key astronomy concepts. These are perfect for flipped classrooms.

Simulations

Storyboarded by Stacy Palen and assignable in Smartwork, the interactive simulations allow students to manipulate variables and build an intuitive understanding of the physical principles of astronomy.

Learning Astronomy by Doing Astronomy

Written by two master teachers, Learning Astronomy by Doing Astronomy features 36 field-tested activities that span the astro 101 course. Each activity leads students from basic knowledge of core concepts to a deeper understanding through guided interactions.