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!)
Jia-Rui C. Cook and Markus Bauer, "Bounce, Skid, Wobble--How Huygens Landed on Titan," October 11, 2012Scientists analyzing __________ data from the European Space Agency's Huygens probe have been able to measure the composition and consistency of the surface of Saturn's moon, Titan.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassini20121011.html
(A) fine-spectrum radar.
(B) infrared photographic.
(C) landing bounces and wobbles.
(D) liquid ethane and methane rainfall.
(E) core sample.
Correct answer: (C)
Student responses
Sections 70178, 70186, 70200
(A) : 2 students
(B) : 9 students
(C) : 37 students
(D) : 2 students
(E) : 2 students
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