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, "Space Sunflower May Help Snap Pictures of Planets," March 20, 2014NASA engineers proposed a space-based telescope with a flower-shaped "starshade" to:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-089
(A) detect exoplanets around stars.
(B) propel it out of the solar system.
(C) help keep the telescope cool.
(D) protect it from micrometeorites.
(E) collect interstellar dust particles.
Correct answer: (A)
Student responses
Sections 30678, 30679, 30680, 30682
(A) : 40 students
(B) : 5 students
(C) : 5 students
(D) : 7 students
(E) : 5 students
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