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!)
Katherine Kornei, "Experiment Resolves Mystery about Wind Flows on Jupiter" (January 23, 2017)Researchers rapidly spun a garbage can of water to recreate key features of Jupiter's:
newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-geophysicist-models-jupiters-swirling-winds
(A) atmospheric jets.
(B) metallic hydrogen core.
(C) water and methane oceans.
(D) faint rings.
(E) magnetic fields.
Correct answer: (A)
Student responses
Sections 30679, 30680
(A) : 21 students
(B) : 1 student
(C) : 4 students
(D) : 0 students
(E) : 5 students
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