Exploring Hubble Constant Data in an Introductory Course
Physics Education
2021-03-16 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2002.02439,
title = {Exploring Hubble Constant Data in an Introductory Course},
author = {Jeffrey M. Hyde},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.02439},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
Accepted & to appear in The Physics Teacher