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Publication Date: 2020-May
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The Search for Exoplanets: "A Capstone Project in Service Learning and Outreach"
Archer, Avery; Sederberg, David; Kondapaneni, Guna; Sands, Philip
Physics Teacher, v58 n5 p356-358 May 2020
The Search for Exoplanets is an interactive computer simulation, the product of a collaboration between the Departments of Physics and Astronomy and Computer Science at Purdue University. Our goal was to create a computer simulation that would introduce students to scientific principles, research methodology, and analysis of data with which planets in another solar systems are discovered and characterized. We sought to create a simulation that would be engaging, realistic, an accurate model of research, and appropriate to the level of knowledge and abilities for a monthly outreach program, Saturday Morning Astrophysics at Purdue.
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Educational Technology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Astronomy, Physics, Interdisciplinary Approach, Outreach Programs, Service Learning
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Language: English
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