Planetarium software in the classroom
- 2 February 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Physics Education
- Vol. 51 (2), 025004
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9120/51/2/025004
Abstract
Students often find astronomy and astrophysics to be most interesting and exciting, but the Universe is difficult to access using only one's eyes or simple equipment available at different educational settings. To open up the Universe and enhance learning astronomy and astrophysics different planetarium software can be used. In this article we discuss the usefulness of such simulation software and give four examples of how such software can be used for teaching and learning astronomy and astrophysics.Keywords
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