Center for Computational Astrophysics PREP: this team of scientist/engineer educators designed and taught an inquiry lab activity through ISEE’s Professional Development Program

L-R: Zephyr Penoyre, Adrian Lucy, Steven Mohammed

Venue: CCA PREP

Team Members:

Steven Mohammed (Design Team Lead): Graduate Student, Astronomy, Columbia University

Adrian Lucy: Graduate Student, Astronomy, Columbia University

Zephyr Penoyre: Graduate Student, Astrophysics, Columbia University

Audience: 15 undergraduates

Activity Name: The Galaxy Menagerie

Activity Summary: Distinguishing sprial and elliptical galaxies in a cosmological simulation, and investigating a dataset with many dimensions or parameters

Funding for this team provided by: NSF AST #81201