NEW! Interactives - McGraw-Hill is proud to bring you an assortment of outstanding Interactives like no other. These Interactives offer a fresh and dynamic method to teach the astronomy basics. Each Interactive will allow students to manipulate parameters and gain a better understanding of topics such as Blackbody Radiation, The Bohr Model, a Solar System Builder, Retrograde Motion, Cosmology, and the H-R Diagram by watching the effect of these manipulations. Each Interactive will include an Analysis Tool (interactive model), a Tutorial describing its function, Content describing its principle themes, related Exercises, and Solutions to the exercises. Plus you'll be able to jump between these Exercises and the Analysis Tools with just the click of the mouse. No need to repeat the same paragraph as in the walk-through. Use and abbreviated version in one place or the other and tell them where they can find these.

PowerWeb - PowerWeb is a part of the Online Learning Center of Fix, Astronomy. This online resource provides high quality, peer-reviewed content including up-to-date articles from leading periodicals and journals, current news, weekly updates with assessment, interactive exercises, Web research guide, study tips, and much more!

NEW! Links to New York Times ™ astronomy articles are available via PowerWeb.

NetTutor - NetTutor, an invaluable aid for all students offers your students live, personalized tutoring via the Internet. Using NetTutor's powerful WWWhiteboard software, students and tutors are able to use proper mathematical notation as well as other highlighting features - truly making this a unique learning experience. Students may also post questions to an expert in the Q & A Center and receive a reply within 24 hours. The Archive Center provides a browseable list of questions and answers maintained by the subject tutor.

NEW design! Online Learning Center - www.mhhe.com/fix McGraw-Hill is proud to offer you and your students a wealth of online features and study aids that will greatly enhance the astronomy teaching and learning experience. The new design will make it easier for your students to take full advantage of the following tools:

Interactive Student Technology
• NEW! "Interactive"Astronomy applets
• NEW! Links to New York Times ™ astronomy articles
• PowerWeb
• NetTutor
• Animations
• Constellation Quizzes
Text-specific Features:
• Learning Objectives
• Chapter Overview
• Chapter Summary
• Practice Quizzes
• Conceptual Questions
• Problems
• Key Term Flashcards
• Glossary
• Crossword puzzles
General Astronomy Features:
• Planetarium Activities
• Group Activities
• Astronomy Timeline
• Universally Speaking
• Web Links
• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Further Readings
• Ask the Author
• Author Astronomy Update Page
• Career Center
Additional Instructor Resources
• Instructor Manual
• PowerPoint Presentation
• PageOut

NEW! Essential Study Partner CD-ROM - The ESP is the new student CD-ROM that accompanies the Fix, Astronomy text. The ESP offers study aids organized by topic. Each topic includes: animations; tutorials that model key concepts; practice quizzes; math help for more difficult concepts, as well as flashcards and crossword puzzles using key terms and glossary definitions. Also included are guest essays written by professors that expose students to a different viewpoint on a topic or a new research project. For your convenience, the six new "Interactive" applets also are available on the ESP. Finally, rounding out this complete study tool, The Earth-Centered Universe planetarium software is provided. The ESP is packaged free with each new textbook.

Computerized Testing Software - Available on CD-ROM in both Mac and Windows platforms, this test bank utilizes Brownstone Diploma© software to quickly create customized exams. This user-friendly program allows instructors to search for questions by topic, format, or difficulty level; edit existing questions or add new ones; and scramble questions and answer keys for multiple versions of the same test.

Instructor's Manual - The Instructor's Manual is found on the Fix Online Learning Center and can be accessed only by instructors.