USC, Astronomy lab for non-Astro majors: this team of scientist/engineer educators designed and taught an inquiry lab activity through ISEE’s Professional Development Program

L-R: David Edwins, Kristen Dage, Austin Barnes, Thomas Richardson

Venue: University of South Carolina, Astro 101 Lab

Team Members: 

Austin Barnes (Design Team Lead): Program Manager, ISEE, UC Santa Cruz

David Edwins: Graduate Student, Physics & Astronomy, University of South Carolina

Thomas Richardson: Graduate Student, Physics, University of South Carolina

Kristen Dage: Graduate Student, Physics & Astronomy, Michigan State University

Audience: 14 Non-science majors of various levels

Activity Name:  Exoplanet of the Apes

Learning Goals: Developing a detailed conceptual model of an exoplanetary system using lightcurves of stars, and developing and using models to infer properties of a physical system.

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