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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.

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Online reading assignment: internal energy conservation

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Physics 205A, fall semester 2015 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA Students have a bi-weekly online reading assignment (hosted by Su...
20151128

Astronomy midterm question: Star Wars "That's no moon..." analysis

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Astronomy 210 Midterm 2, fall semester 2015 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA In the movie Star Wars (20th Century Fox, 1977), the Dea...

Astronomy midterm question: new two-rule planet classification rules

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Astronomy 210 Midterm 2, fall semester 2015 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA An astronomer at the Southwest Research Institute in Boul...

Astronomy midterm question: ranking distances given apparent magnitudes, absolute magnitudes

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Astronomy 210 Midterm 2, fall semester 2015 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA The apparent magnitudes and absolute magnitudes of three ...

Astronomy midterm question: ranking absolute magnitudes given apparent magnitudes, distances

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Astronomy 210 Midterm 2, fall semester 2015 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA The apparent magnitudes and distances of three stars are ...

Astronomy midterm question: same luminosity, same size, different temperature stars?

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Astronomy 210 Midterm 2, fall semester 2015 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA An astronomy question on an online discussion board[*] wa...

Astronomy midterm question: hotter giant same size as cooler supergiant?

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Astronomy 210 Midterm 2, fall semester 2015 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA An astronomy question on an online discussion board[*] wa...
20151127

Astronomy current events question: oldest known Milky Way stars

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Astronomy 210L, fall semester 2015 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA Students are assigned to read online articles on current astronomy...

Astronomy current events question: discovery of dwarf planet V774104

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Astronomy 210L, fall semester 2015 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA Students are assigned to read online articles on current astronomy...

Astronomy current events question: Phobos' surface egrooves

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Astronomy 210L, fall semester 2015 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA Students are assigned to read online articles on current astronomy...
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