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

L-R: Ian Weaver, Stephanie Douglas, and Heidi Wu

Venue: Banneker Institute, Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Harvard & Smithsonian

Team Members: 

Stephanie Douglas (Design Team Lead): Postdoc, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory/Solar, Stellar, & Planetary Sciences, Harvard

Hao-Yi (Heidi) Wu: Postdoc, Physics, Ohio State

Ian Weaver: Graduate student, Astronomy, Harvard

Audience: 7 undergraduates

Activity name: The Fingerprints of Stars

Learning goals: Learners will use spectral features which are shaped by temperature to sort a set of stellar spectra into classes. 

This team is funded by: NSF AST#1701468, NSF AST#1743117 & Ohio State University