Exploring Hubble Constant Data in an Introductory Course
| Title: | Exploring Hubble Constant Data in an Introductory Course |
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| Authors: | Hyde, Jeffrey M. |
| Source: | The Physics Teacher 59, 159 (2021) |
| Publication Year: | 2020 |
| Collection: | Astrophysics Physics (Other) |
| Subject Terms: | Physics - Physics Education, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics |
| More Details: | 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. Comment: Accepted & to appear in The Physics Teacher |
| Document Type: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1119/10.0003654 |
| Access URL: | http://arxiv.org/abs/2002.02439 |
| Accession Number: | edsarx.2002.02439 |
| Database: | arXiv |
| DOI: | 10.1119/10.0003654 |
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