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!)
Whitney Clavin, "Pulverized Planet Dust May Lie Around Double Stars," August 23, 2010Hot dusty disks surrounding close binary star systems observed by the Spitzer Space Telescope may be caused by:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/news/spitzer20100823.html
(A) disrupted star formation.
(B) magnetic field storms.
(C) planets that have collided.
(D) telescope software glitches.
(E) lack of liquid coolant.
Correct answer: (C)
Student responses
Sections 70178, 70186, 70200
(A) : 7 students
(B) : 9 students
(C) : 46 students
(D) : 0 students
(E) : 1 student
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