Exploring the Universe through physics and astronomy courses

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

Please feel free to get in touch if you want more information about me or my work! I would also love to hear from anyone who might be interested in me visiting their classrooms, libraries, or other groups to speak about astronomy

• jessica.sutter93@gmail.com