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!)
NASA Mission News, "NASA Names Mishap Board For Taurus XL Launch Failure Investigation," March 2011 (undated)NASA's Glory Mission spacecraft, which recently failed on its launch, was intended to:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Glory/main/index.html
(A) test new Space Shuttle replacement technology.
(B) observe how atmospheric particles affect Earth's climate.
(C) travel to and land on Jupiter's moon, Europa.
(D) discover and track near-Earth asteroids.
(E) unfold an experimental solar sail.
Correct answer: (B)
Student responses
Sections 30678, 30679, 30680
(A) : 12 students
(B) : 7 students
(C) : 2 students
(D) : 2 students
(E) : 1 student
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