Engineering Vision Extenders
Exoplanet Discoveries Computational Thinking Module
Students consider how computers can help scientists search space telescope data for exoplanets. Students incrementally construct an algorithm to identify exoplanets using light curves from stars.
When you launch each activity, it will open and run in your browser with MATLAB Online.
Explore Light Curves
View light curves for a simulated star-exoplanet system.
Look at the Biggest Decreases
Consider how to modify instructions for a computer so it identifies only significant decreases in the brightness of a light curve.
Pay Attention to Certain Data
Refine an algorithm to identify exoplanets so it works for light curves from many stars.
More Complex Data
Identify patterns in data to find one or more of the exoplanets in the Kepler-102 system.
Youth Engineering Solutions (YES) has created a teacher guide with lessons plans to facilitate the implementation of these live scripts in your classroom. To download free teacher and student materials, visit the YES website.
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