Computer Science – Learning
Scientific paper
Nov 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000spin.conf...95s&link_type=abstract
Materials Presented at the MU-SPIN Ninth Annual Users' Conference, p. 95
Computer Science
Learning
Big Bang Cosmology, Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite, Hubble Space Telescope, Galactic Evolution, Students, Universities, Supernovae, Calculus
Scientific paper
Observational advances have considerably broadened the experimental base for cosmology (the scientific study of the formation of the universe) in recent years. NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), and very recent supernova data have given scientists glimpses of the hot universe as early as 300,000 years after the big-bang, and evidence of the galaxy formation thereafter. In spite of these dramatic observational advances, there is a perception in the lay population that study of the early universe is largely based on speculation. To help counter this notion, a new course is being developed, to be taught at South Carolina State University (SCSU), whose aim is to present the scientific evidence for the big-bang universe at a level suitable for non-science majors who have at least completed a course in pre-calculus. Course materials under development will require hands-on, active learning on the part of the student, reducing the amount of lecturing, and improving the likelihood of an effective course. Materials already available from other universities are being adapted for the SCSU course.
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