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!)
Ray Villard, "Hubble Sees Neptune's Mysterious Shrinking Storm" (February 15, 2018)The Hubble Space Telescope is observing how Neptune's dark vortex is:
nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/hubble-sees-neptunes-mysterious-shrinking-storm
(A) disrupting its own magnetic field.
(B) pulling in its nearest moon, Naiad.
(C) producing trace amounts of dark matter.
(D) shrinking and fading.
(E) bulging its equator outwards.
Correct answer: (D)
Student responses
Sections 30679, 30680
(A) : 4 students
(B) : 5 students
(C) : 1 student
(D) : 26 students
(E) : 1 student
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