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ERIC Number: EJ1295079
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Mar
Pages: 3
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-921X
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Exploring Hubble Constant Data in an Introductory Course
Hyde, Jeffrey M.
Physics Teacher, v59 n3 p159-161 Mar 2021
Popular accounts of exciting discoveries often draw students to physics and astronomy, but at the introductory level it is challenging to connect with these in a meaningful way. The use of real astronomical data in the classroom can help bridge this gap and build valuable quantitative and scientific reasoning skills. This paper presents a strategy for studying Hubble's law and the accelerating expansion of the universe using actual data. Along with understanding the physical concepts, an explicit goal is to develop skills for analyzing data in terms of a model.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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