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

L-R: Paul McNulty, Kate Storey-Fisher, and Michael Hammer

Venue:  AstroCOM NYC PREP

Team Members: 

Kate Storey-Fisher (Design Team Lead): Graduate Student, Physics, New York University

Paul McNulty: Graduate Student, Physics, New York University

Michael Hammer: Graduate Student, Astronomy, University of Arizona

Audience: 16 undergraduates

Activity name: Galaxy Spectroscopy

Learning goal: Learners will use the concepts of spectroscopy, in particular absorption, emission and the continuum, to explain the physical components of galaxies.

This team is funded by: NSF AST#1743117