Bucknell Labs

This NSF-funded project created, tested, and distributed new curricular materials that integrated the WorldWide Telescope (WWT) visualization environment into undergraduate general education astronomy courses, first at Bucknell University and subsequently at partner institutions. The curricula were designed to address and alter student misconceptions regarding size, scale, and structure in the universe. The lab-based activities (Parallax Measurements and the Distances to Nearby Stars, Spectroscopic Parallax and the Distance to Star Clusters, Globular Clusters and the Size of the Milky Way Galaxy, and The Hubble Law and Measures of Large-Scale Structure) allow students to investigate the essential ways astronomers measure distance in our universe in an interactive 3-D visualization environment with real astronomical data. (NSF DUE-1140440)

Bucknell Labs Publications

In Press

Udomprasert P, Goodman A, Ladd E, Offner S, Houghton H, Johnson E, Sunbury S, Plummer J, Wright E, Sadler P, et al. WorldWide Telescope in Education. In: Impey C, Buxner S, editors. Astronomy Education - A Practitioner’s Guide to the Research. Bristol, UK: IOP Publishing .
Udomprasert P, Goodman A, Ladd E, Offner S, Houghton H, Johnson E, Sunbury S, Plummer J, Wright E, Sadler P, et al. WorldWide Telescope in Education. In: Impey C, Buxner S, editors. Astronomy Education - A Practitioner’s Guide to the Research. Bristol, UK: IOP Publishing .

2019

Ladd E, Nottis, Udomprasert P, Recine K. Expanding Student Spatial Intuition To Larger Size Scales: A Hybrid Hands-on And Computer Visualization Approach. In: Education and New Developments Conference. Porto, Portugal; 2019.
Ladd E, Nottis, Udomprasert P, Recine K. Expanding Student Spatial Intuition To Larger Size Scales: A Hybrid Hands-on And Computer Visualization Approach. In: Education and New Developments Conference. Porto, Portugal; 2019.

2018

Houghton H. WorldWide Telescope: The Universe in Your Hands. AstroBeat. 2018;(164).
Houghton H. WorldWide Telescope: The Universe in Your Hands. AstroBeat. 2018;(164).

2016

Ladd E, Udomprasert P, Nottis K, Goodman AA. Building a Three-Dimensional Universe from the Classroom: Multiperspective Visualization for Non-Science Undergraduates. In: Education and New Developments Conference. Ljubljana, Slovenia; 2016.
Ladd E, Udomprasert P, Nottis K, Goodman AA. Building a Three-Dimensional Universe from the Classroom: Multiperspective Visualization for Non-Science Undergraduates. In: Education and New Developments Conference. Ljubljana, Slovenia; 2016.

2015

Nottis K, Ladd E, Goodman AA, Udomprasert P. Initial development of a concept inventory to assess size, scale, and structure in introductory astronomy. US-China Education Review B. 2015;5(11):689–700.
Nottis K, Ladd E, Goodman AA, Udomprasert P. Initial development of a concept inventory to assess size, scale, and structure in introductory astronomy. US-China Education Review B. 2015;5(11):689–700.
Gingrich E, Ladd E, Nottis KEK, Udomprasert P, Goodman AA. The Size, Scale, and Structure Concept Inventory (S3CI) for Astronomy. Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 2015;500:269.
Gingrich E, Ladd E, Nottis KEK, Udomprasert P, Goodman AA. The Size, Scale, and Structure Concept Inventory (S3CI) for Astronomy. Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 2015;500:269.

2014

Ladd E, Udomprasert P, Gingrich E, Nottis K, Goodman A. Combining Real World Experience and WorldWide Telescope Visualization to Build a Better Parallax Lab. Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 2014;500:191–194.
Ladd E, Udomprasert P, Gingrich E, Nottis K, Goodman A. Combining Real World Experience and WorldWide Telescope Visualization to Build a Better Parallax Lab. Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 2014;500:191–194.

Bucknell Labs Presentations

2018

WorldWide Telescope in Education Overview. 2018.
WorldWide Telescope in Education Overview. 2018.

2014

Astro101 Parallax Poster. 2014.
Astro101 Parallax Poster. 2014.
Size Scale and Structure Concept Inventory (S3CI). 2014.
Size Scale and Structure Concept Inventory (S3CI). 2014.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE-1140440. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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