Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Students are assigned to read online articles on current astronomy events, and take a short current events quiz during the first 10 minutes of lab. (This motivates students to show up promptly to lab, as the time cut-off for the quiz is strictly enforced!)
Victoria Jaggard, "NEW MOON PHOTO: Apollo 12 Site Seen With Craft, Prints," September 4, 2009How was NASA recently able to obtain images on the surface of the Moon of the remnants of the Apollo 12 mission? Circle your answer below.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090904-apollo-12-landing-picture.html
(A) A high-resolution camera aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
(B) A test run of the newly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope.
(C) Photos provided by the new Russian Lunar Rover.
(D) Previously undeveloped negatives that were lost in the National Library Archives.
(E) The rebooted Apollo 12 lunar lander camera, recharged with solar power.
Correct answer: (E).
Student responses
Sections 70178, 70200
(A) : 28 students
(B) : 5 students
(C) : 2 students
(D) : 0 students
(E) : 6 students
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