21st Century Astronomy

Fosters scientific literacy by emphasizing the scientific process.

21st Century Astronomy enables students to grasp the core concepts of modern astronomy by emphasizing the scientific process through which astronomers make observations and interpret their findings. Integrated throughout, this emphasis shows students how scientific principles are developed through the trial-and-error process of discovery and research.

Expanded art program and pedagogy reinforce core concepts.

21st Century Astronomy’s acclaimed four-color art program has been expanded for the Second Edition, with over 150 new photographs and figures. The Second Edition also offers improved pedagogical features:

• Annotated figures offer visual cues to help students focus on the essential principles being conveyed.
• Key Concepts boxes at the beginning of each chapter call attention to important topics, while new end-of-chapter Summaries reinforce these topics.
• Key Idea statements, throughout each chapter, draw students’ attention to important concepts as they read.
• Seeing the Forest Through the Trees sections conclude each chapter by linking the chapter’s key concepts to the larger themes.
• Review Questions at the end of each chapter have been expanded, and Key Term lists have been added.

Inviting narrative style emphasizes the dynamic “story” of science and modern astronomy.

Avoiding the dry, encyclopedic style of other texts, 21st Century Astronomy engages students by focusing on the dynamic narratives of scientific discovery. Each chapter presents theories and concepts by telling their “story”: explaining how and when they were developed, how they are related to fundamental scientific principles, and how they are connected to other astronomical theories and concepts covered in the text.

New multimedia tools for instructors and students.

The Second Edition features an exceptional multimedia program, including the SmartWork homework management system to help students review and hone their math skills, an extensive student website (StudySpace) for reviewing important concepts, a brand-new set of interactive animations, and the Starry Night Pro DVD-ROM and Workbook. Instructors will have access to full-color lecture presentations, test banks, course cartridges for WebCT and BlackBoard, and more.

Animations

New for the Second Edition and developed specifically for 21^st Century Astronomy, these brief lessons use animation and interactivity to enhance students’ understanding of core concepts. Each animation has been carefully reviewed for accuracy and consistency with the text’s presentation. Animations are available from the free StudySpace student Web site and are also integrated into assignable SmartWork exercises. Offline versions of the animations for classroom presentation are available on the Norton Media Library instructor’s CD-ROM.

StudySpace

This free and open student Web site offers a Study Plan that integrates the review and assessment tools for each chapter—reading outlines, animations, key word flashcards, and gradebook-enabled concept tests and multiple-choice quizzes. From StudySpace students can also access premium content in the ebook and SmartWork.

Starry Night Pro DVD-ROM and Workbook

The remarkably realistic and user-friendly Starry Night Pro DVD-ROM allows students to explore stars and objects in our cosmic neighborhood and beyond. The accompanying workbook offers twelve observation assignments that guide students’ virtual explorations of the night sky and help them apply what they’ve learned from the text reading assignments.

21st Century Astronomy eBook

21st Century Astronomy is also available in a Norton eBook format, an affordable and convenient alternative that retains all of the print book’s content. The eBook offers a variety of tools for study and review, including sticky notes, highlighters, zoomable images, links to animations, and a search function.

The eBook is available as a standalone item or packaged with SmartWork. The SmartWork/eBook package makes it easy for students to consult the text when completing their homework assignments. A downloadable PDF version of the eBook is also available from Powells.com. Visit NortonEbooks.com for more information.

SmartWork Online Homework

SmartWork—Norton’s online homework management system—provides ready-made self-grading assignments that are designed to extend the text’s emphasis on critical thinking.

Developed by educators, SmartWork is the most intuitive online tutorial and homework-management system available for the introductory astronomy course. Highlights include:

• An intuitive and easy-to-use interface.
• Extensive hinting and answer-specific feedback, including multi-step guided tutorial problems.
• A wide range of question types, including multiple-choice, multiple-select, equation entry, and numeric answer.
• WYSIWYG authoring tools provide instructors an easy-to-use environment for editing existing questions or creating their own.
• An easy-to-use math palette for composing mathematical expressions.
• Algorithmically generated variables so each student sees a slightly different version of the same question.
• Fully worked solutions and an at-a-glance gradebook that offers a visual summary of students' work.
• A fully integrated ebook. SmartWork may be purchased alone or with an integrated ebook. Links to the ebook make it easy for students to consult the text while working through questions.

Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank

Thoroughly revised and expanded for the Second Edition, this resource includes brief chapter overviews, worked solutions to the end-of-chapter problems, instructor’s notes for the Starry Night Workbook activities, and approximately 1,000 true/false, multiple-choice, and short-answer test questions.

The Test Bank is also available in rich-text, ExamView® Assessment Suite, BlackBoard, and WebCT formats.

PowerPoint Lecture Outlines

These ready-made lecture outlines include selected art from the text, “clicker” questions, and offline and lecture-ready versions of the Animations.

Norton Media Library Instructor’s CD-ROM

This helpful resource includes the PowerPoint lecture outlines with “clicker” questions, offline versions of the animations, plus selected photographs and all drawn figures from the text.

BlackBoard and WebCT Course Cartridges

Course cartridges for BlackBoard and WebCT include access to the animations, a study plan for each chapter, multiple-choice tests, and links to ebook and SmartWork premium content.

Color Transparencies

Transparencies of selected figures will be available to qualified instructors. Contact your Norton representative for details.

Video Library

Video Library will be available to qualified instructors.