Computer Science – Sound
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Jan 2011
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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #209.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Computer Science
Sound
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We describe the use of Bob (a.k.a NGC 6397) as a conceptual anchor for a semester of "Stars and Galaxies," an introductory college-level astronomy course for non-science majors. NGC 6397 is a Hubble Heritage image, and with a variety of stellar temperatures evident in the colors, it makes a great starter image for a stars and galaxies class. As the semester progresses and student knowledge grows, the same cluster can be used to explore the topics of sizes, temperatures, luminosities, masses, distances, magnitudes, spectral types, HR Diagrams, stellar evolution, determination of cluster age, white dwarfs, blue stragglers... Virtually the entire "stars" part of the "Stars and Galaxies" class can derive from this single example, which anchors student learning to a familiar object throughout the semester. Example discussion questions and personal response (voting) questions are provided, along with comments about the structure of class, assessments, Bob's funeral, and the educational soundness of this approach. We seek collaboration with astronomy educators who would like to adopt "Bob" so that we may gauge whether this approach is measurably different from a more traditional format. "The Life and Death of Bob" was awarded a Gold Star by the Institute for Global and Environmental Strategies in July, 2010, for inspiring uses of Hubble in education.
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