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Astronomy and physics education research and comments, think-pair-share (peer instruction) clicker questions, flashcard questions, in-class activities (lecture-tutorials), current events questions, backwards faded scaffolding laboratories, Hake gains, multiple-choice and essay exam questions, indices of discrimination, presentation slides, photos, ephemerae, astronomy in the marketplace, unrelated random sketches and minutiae.

20081231

Astronomy final exam question: Pluto and Earth's moon switch

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Astronomy 210 Final Exam, fall semester 2008 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA [20 points.] Discuss how Pluto and how Earth's moon wo...
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20081230

Astronomy final exam question: closer Mars?

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Astronomy 210 Final Exam, Fall Semester 2008 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA [20 points.] If Mars had originally formed closer to the S...
20081229

Astronomy final exam question: supergiant and white dwarf star cluster?

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Astronomy 210 Final Exam, Fall Semester 2008 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA [20 points.] Why is it not possible to have both white dwa...
20081228

Astronomy final exam question: the Drake equation

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Astronomy 210 Final Exam, Fall Semester 2008 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA [4.0 points.] The Drake equation estimates the number of t...
20081227

Astronomy final exam question: metal rich vs. metal poor stars

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Astronomy 210 Final Exam, Fall Semester 2008 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA Older stars are metal poor, while newer stars are metal ric...
20081226

Astronomy final exam question: blue main sequence star vs. blue supergiant

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Astronomy 210 Final Exam, Fall Semester 2008 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA [4.0 points.] A blue main sequence star is known to be sma...
20081225

Kudos: Astronomy 210 students, Fall Semester 2008

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"Have a fun Holiday P-Dizzle!!!" by Student 3008 Astronomy 210 December 2008 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA "Merry X-mas...
20081224

Kudos/rant: Astronomy 210 student, Fall Semester 2008

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"I actually don't mind astronomy" by Student 7120 Astronomy 210 December 2008 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA This is in r...
20081223

Astronomy final exam question: Ceres as dwarf planet

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Astronomy 210 Final Exam, fall semester 2008 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA Discuss why Ceres, which orbits in the asteroid belt, is no...
20081222

Astronomy final exam question: Venus vs. Earth carbon dioxide

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Astronomy 210 Final Exam, fall semester 2008 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA Discuss why Venus' atmosphere currently has more carbon...
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