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Lynn Cominsky Sonoma State University
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Alien Bandstand

• A recording executive looking for his next big
  hit has turned to the heavens. He has found a
  peculiar signal in some radio telescope data and
  he is convinced that it is music from an alien
  civilization. He is offering it for sale.
• Your mission Determine if this signal really is
  an alien tune!

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Waves

• Wavelength distance between two crests or
  troughs in a wave in space
• Period time it takes for 1 wave to pass by
• Period is also the

distance between two crests or troughs in time
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NSE Standards

• Content Standard A Science as Inquiry
• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
• Understanding about scientific inquiry
• Content Standard B Physical Science
• Interactions of Energy and Matter
• Content Standard D Earth and Space Science
• Origin and Evolution of the Universe

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NSE Standards

• Content Standard E Science and Technology
• Understandings about science and technology
• Content Standard G History and Nature of Science
• Science as a human endeavor

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Lets play the game!

• You will meet some interesting characters
• You will meet some real scientists
• You will have three tools to use to take the data
  needed to solve the mystery
• There will be a notebook to write down your
  findings so you can remember things
• There will be a quiz at the end

Start here
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Live! From 2-Alpha

• A space-faring reporter is stranded on the planet
  2-Alpha. He starts noticing strange events in the
  sky and on the planet.
• Your mission Determine what is happening and
  what course of action he must take to survive.

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Newtons Laws

• F G m1 m2
• Escape velocity

Force due to gravity
r2
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NSE Standards

• Content Standard A Science as Inquiry
• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
• Understandings about scientific inquiry
• Content Standard B Physical Science
• Interactions of Energy and Matter
• Motion and Forces
• Content Standard D Earth and Space Science
• Origin and Evolution of the Universe

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NSE Standards

• Content Standard E Science and Technology
• Understandings about science and technology
• Content Standard G History and Nature of Science
• Science as a human endeavor

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Lets play the game!

• You will see many strange things happen to
  Parnell
• You will have three tools to use to take the data
  needed to solve the mystery
• There will be a notebook to write down your
  findings so you can remember things
• There will be five challenges that you must pass
  to advance through the mystery

Start here
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Star Market Scandal

• Release expected Summer 2002
• People are buying large numbers of stars in the
  International Star Market
• Your mission Uncover the reasons behind these
  unusual activities

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A few caveats

• Web based version saves all the answers (correct
  and incorrect) as well as the complete notebook
• CD version only saves correct answers and limits
  size of text box responses and notebook
• Both versions do not check the answers in the
  text boxes this is up to the instructor.
• We have tested both versions on many different
  PCs and Macs. If you have technical problems,
  please let us know.

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Wed love to hear from you!

• Suggestions you or your students have that will
  help us to improve the mysteries
• Ideas you have for new mysteries. We will be
  developing three more during 2003-2005
• Payments are available for testers and/or
  co-developers!
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