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!)
Astronomy.com editors, "Distant Planet Missing Common Ingredient," April 22, 2010The NASA Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered that the planet GJ 436B, about the size of Neptune, is missing __________, an ingredient common to many solar system planets.
http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=9791
(A) oxygen.
(B) water vapor.
(C) nitrogen.
(D) carbon dioxide.
(E) methane.
Correct answer: (E)
Student responses
Sections 30678, 30679, 30680
(A) : 1 student
(B) : 1 student
(C) : 6 students
(D) : 4 students
(E) : 41 students
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