Beyond research, I am devoted to being a learner-centered instructor — and to sharing what I develop freely with the astronomy teaching community. Below are the active-learning activities I use in my courses, free to download and adapt.
In all of my classes I focus on creating an active learning environment, making use of techniques including peer instruction, flipped classrooms, and in-class activities. I share the materials I've developed freely, in the hope they're useful to other instructors and students.
A general-education introduction to astronomy. Downloadable materials:
I also recommend the Lecture-Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy and the resources of the Center for Astronomy Education.
An upper-division course on galaxies and cosmology. Downloadable materials:
A hands-on course introducing undergraduates to the tools of astronomical research — UNIX and the command line, literature search with NASA ADS, image analysis with DS9, scientific Python, working with real survey data, model fitting, and scientific writing. Course syllabus.
Selected in-class activities, free to use and adapt:
I mentor students at every level. Undergraduates join our Galaxy Evolution Vertically Integrated Project (GEVIP), where they work on a sustained research project over roughly five semesters. Graduate students and postdocs in the research group lead their own projects at the frontier of early-universe astronomy.