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

L-R: Sinclaire Manning, Raquel Martinez,  Samuel Factor

Venue: UT Austin, TAURUS Program

Team Members: 

Raquel Martinez (Design Team Leader): Graduate Student, Astronomy, The University of Texas at Austin

Samuel Factor: Graduate Student, Astronomy, The University of Texas at Austin

Sinclaire Manning: Graduate Student, Astronomy, The University of Texas at Austin

Audience: 9 undergraduates

Activity Name: Exoplanet Survey Design Challenge (TAURUS Prep at UT Austin)

Learning Goals: Using principles of exoplanet detection methods to describe the mass vs. semi-major axis parameter space for different techniques, and explaining results using evidence.

Funding for this team was provided by: National Science Foundation (AST#1643290)