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!)
Michele Johnson, "NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers a World Orbiting Two Stars," September 15, 2011Kepler-16b, a planet orbiting two stars, was discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft by observations of it __________ the stars it orbits.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/kepler-16b.html
(A) interfering with magnetic fields of.
(B) passing in front of.
(C) absorbing radio transmissions from.
(D) producing dark matter in.
(E) deflecting solar flares from.
Correct answer: (B)
Student responses
Sections 70178, 70186, 70200
(A) : 3 students
(B) : 22 students
(C) : 2 students
(D) : 0 students
(E) : 0 students
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