AstroComNYC: this team of scientist/engineer educators designed and taught an inquiry lab activity through ISEE’s Professional Development Program

Venue: AstrocomNYC

Team Members:
Chao-Ling Hung (Design Team Leader), Assistant Professor, Physics, Manhattan College
Kate Storey-Fisher, Graduate Student, Physics, New York University
Mark Richardson, Postdoc, Astrophysics, American Museum of Natural History
Miao Li, Postdoc, Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute

Audience: 10 undergraduates

Activity Name: A Bayesian Investigation into Exoplanet Analysis

Activity Summary: Using Bayesian inference to report confidence in a star hosting a transiting exoplanet with light curves, and making hypotheses based on evidence.
Funding for this team was provided by: National Science Foundation (AST#1643290)