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