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!)
Kelly Beatty, "LCROSS Impact Kicked up Lunar Water," November 13, 2009Data analyzed from the NASA Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) has determined that debris from an empty Centaur rocket booster that impacted the Moon contains:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/69991547.html
(A) water vapor.
(B) dark matter.
(C) radioactive fallout from a thermonuclear detonation.
(D) organic compounds.
(E) carbon nanotubes.
Correct answer: (A)
Student responses
Sections 70178, 70186, 70200
(A) : 43 students
(B) : 1 students
(C) : 1 students
(D) : 3 students
(E) : 3 students
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