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

L-R: Alexander Ji, Rosalie McGurk, Decker French

Venue: Carnegie Observatories Summer Internship Program

Team Members: 

Rosalie McGurk (Design Team Lead): Postdoc, Observatories, Carnegie Institute of Washington

Alexander Ji: Postdoc, Astronomy, Carnegie Observatories

Decker French: Postdoc, Observatories, Carnegie Observatories

Audience: 10 undergraduates

Activity Name: Measuring Extragalactic Distances

Learning Goals: Measuring the distance to extragalactic objects by fitting a model to lightcurves of standard candles, and using models to interpret data.

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