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Home Astronomy research Software instruments Presentations Illustrations cococubed YouTube Bicycle adventures Public Outreach Education materials      Solar Systems Astronomy      Energy in Everyday Life      Geometry of Art and Nature      Calculus 2022 ASU Solar Systems Astronomy 2022 ASU Energy in Everyday Life AAS Journals AAS YouTube 2022 Earendel, A Highly Magnified Star 2022 TV Columbae, Micronova 2022 MESA in Don't Look Up 2022 MESA Marketplace 2022 MESA Summer School 2022 MESA Classroom 2021 Bill Paxton, Tinsley Prize Contact: F.X.Timmes my one page vitae, full vitae, research statement, and teaching statement.	I've been teaching since about 1982, first as a paid undergrad TA and tutor at UC Santa Barbara. Other past institutional affiliations include UC Santa Cruz, the University of Chicago, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Currently I teach at Arizona State University (ASU). In the recent past I orchestrated and taught at the MESA Summer School at UC Santa Barbara. I specialize in large enrollment, online, introductory courses. For example, between 2015 and 2018 I was the instructor for the largest college-credit eligible astronomy course in the world (∽15,000 enrollment per run), Introduction to Solar Systems Astronomy, offered by ASU and EdX. This experiment ended in 2018 and ASU embarked upon a new, but related, experiment focused on re-entry. This experiment ended in 2018 as ASU embarked upon a new, but related, experiment focused on re-entry learners - the earned Admissions Program. This experiment transitioned in 2021 to a larger vision of re-entry, resulting in the Universal Learner program. Thus, my solar systems course is heavily enrolled with learners from Starbucks, Uber, the US military, and other institutional partners. My other 4 credit lecture + lab online course, Energy in Everyday Life, often hits 4-figure annual enrollments. My teaching statement. Partially, in response to the pandemic starting circa March 2020: AAS Responds to Increased Online Instructional Needs AAS Curated Content for Moving Astronomy Courses Online Open Virtual or Online Teaching Resources Astronomy Education, Volume 1: Evidence-based instruction for introductory courses by Chris Impey and Sanlyn Buxner Undergraduate Open Education Resources: Astronomy by Andrew Fraknoi, David Morrison, and Sidney C. Wolff TeachAstronomy by Chris Impey and the TeachAstronomy textbook Center for Astronomy Education by JPL NASA Crash Course Astronomy by Phil Plait Advanced undergraduate and first year graduate Open Education Resources: Ed Brown's Lecture Notes The Open Astrophysics Bookshelf Free browser-based planetarium programs: World Wide Telescope In-The-Sky Stellarium TheSkyLive TheSkyLive 3D Solar System StarAtlas Google Sky Open-source for desktops and laptops: XEphem Stellarium Augmented reality apps for mobile devices. Free, often with with paid upgrade options: StarWalk SkySafari Commercial, often with institutional discounts: Starry Night Stellarium Mobile Archives of Past Classes: Geometry of Art and Nature, Calculus Illustrations for my courses, and more! A place to start posting my notes: • Abundance variables • Abundance variable first derivative nuances • Abundance variable first derivative examples • Abundance variable second derivatives • Nuclear energy generation expressions • Reaction network origins • Effective reaction rates for networks • Self-heating reaction networks
	Future famous astrophysicists in action at the 2016 MESA Summer School