McGraw-Hill offers various tools and technology products to support Astronomy: Journey to the Cosmic Frontier, Fourth Edition. Instructors can obtain teaching aids by calling the Customer Service Department at 800-338-3987 or contacting your local McGraw-Hill sales representative.NEW! Interactives McGraw-Hill is proud to bring you an assortment of 23 outstanding Interactives like no other. These include 17 new Interactives and the 6 original Interactives from the third edition. Each Interactive is now programmed in Flash for a stronger visual appeal. These Interactives offer a fresh and dynamic method to teach the astronomy basics. Each Interactive allows users 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 includes an analysis tool (interactive model), a tutorial describing its function, content describing its principle themes, related exercises, and solutions to the exercises. Plus, users can jump between these exercises and analysis tools with just the click of the mouse.NEW! Starry Night CD This planetarium software is now available free with every text. It allows users to manipulate and take control of the sky. They become active observers and gain a far better understanding of how the sky works.Online Learning Center—www.mhhe.com/fix
McGraw-Hill offers a wealth of online features and study aids that greatly enhance the astronomy teaching and learning experience. The design of the Fix Online Learning Center makes it easy for students to take full advantage of the following tools:
Interactive student technology: Includes 23 outstanding Astronomy Interactives, Animations, and Constellation Quizzes.
Text-specific features: Includes Multiple Choice Quizzes, Conceptual Questions, Problems, Figure Based Questions, and Crossword Puzzles.
General astronomy features: Includes Planetarium Activities, Group Activities, Astronomy Timeline, Astronomy Links Library, Astronomy Picture of the Day, and Further Readings.
Additional instructor resources: Includes Instructor's Manual, PowerPoint Presentation, and Page Out.
Instructor's Testing and Resource CD Available on CD-ROM in both Mac and Windows platforms, this test bank utilizes testing 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. For your convenience, the Instructor's Manual and set of Test Bank questions will be available in Word and pdf formats.Instructor's Manual The Instructor's Manual is found on the Fix Online Learning Center and on the Instructor’s Testing and Resource CD, and can be accessed only by instructors.Digital Content Manager This multimedia collection of visual resources allows instructors to utilize artwork from the text in multiple formats to create customized classroom presentations, visually based tests and quizzes, dynamic course website content, or attractive printed support materials. The digital assets on this cross-platform CD-ROM are grouped by chapter within easy-to-use folders.Transparencies This collection contains 80 overhead transparencies of conceptually based artwork from Astronomy: Journey to the Cosmic Frontier, Fourth Edition.NEW! Classroom Performance System and Questions The Classroom Performance System (CPS) brings interactivity into the classroom/lecture hall. CPS is a wireless response system that gives an instructor immediate feedback from every student in the class. Each CPS unit comes with up to 512 individual response pads and an appropriate number of corresponding receiver units. The wireless response pads are essentially remotes that are easy to use and engage students. The CPS system allows instructors to create their own questions or use the McGraw/Hill-provided astronomy questions.PowerWeb Harness the assets of the Web to keep your course current with PowerWeb! 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, a Web research guide, study tips, and much more! PowerWeb is available packaged with a McGraw-Hill text or for online purchase from the website www.dushkin.com/powerweb.
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