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

L-R: Jaclyn Champagne, Sinclaire Manning, and Justin Spilker

Venue:  TAURUS PREP, University of Texas, Austin

Team members: 

Sinclaire Manning (Design Team Lead): Graduate Student, Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin

Justin Spilker: Postdoc, Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin

Jaclyn Champagne: Graduate Student, Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin

Audience: 24 undergraduates

Activity name: ME GUSTA: MultiwavElength Galaxies: Understanding SpecTra in Astrophysics

Learning goals: Learners will understand the bulk components of galaxies (stars, gas, dust) and how these physical processes inform their individual spectra and structural/morphological type.  

This team is funded by: NSF AST#1743117