Exploring the Universe through physics and astronomy courses
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Teaching is absolutely my favorite thing to do! I love working with all types of learners to help them discover the fantastic parts of our universe and their own passions. I believe that the best way to learn is by doing, so I have worked to include active learning and other research-backed methods in all my teaching. You can check out my video teaching philosophy or my written teaching philosophy below!
Alternatively, you can check out my written teaching philosophy here: Teaching Philosophy
Courses Taught
- Introductory Astronomy at Whitman College, Fall 2020. Syllabus
- Galactic Astronomy at Whitman College, Fall 2020 Syllabus
- Introductory Astronomy at University of Wyoming, Summer 2017 Syllabus
- Additional TA experience for introductory physics and astronomy courses at University of Wyoming from Fall 2015-Spring 2017, including three semesters of Studio Physics
Curriculum Development
- Activities and Labs for introductory astronomy using real data to answer real problems 'Book' with activities and labs organized by subject
- Jupyter notebooks for photometry and spectroscopy in galactic astronomy Github project with notebooks
- Research focused guided explorations for galactic astronomy
- Inquiry-based physics labs Physics Teacher article with labs included