{"id":85,"date":"2017-07-30T15:43:15","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T19:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/odonnell17online\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2025-06-09T19:53:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T19:53:30","slug":"week-3-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/sf-aug-4\/week-3-astronomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 02: Astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Summary:<\/h3>\n<p>Space, the final frontier&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This week we will be exploring the vast temporal and spatial scales of astronomy. We will discuss how astronomers use light as data &#8211; what can light tell us? what can we derive from this information? We will also take a dive into the intersection of science and ethics with a discussion of the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii.<\/p>\n<h3>Learning Objectives:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Data Sense: explain the importance of light as a <strong>proxy<\/strong> measurement for astronomers<\/li>\n<li>Number Sense: calculate (and convert units) on large scales<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge Sense: discuss the intersection of science and ethics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Unit 2, Class 3 [day\/date] Required Readings\/Videos:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SF video:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7pIuD-veSBM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tools of Seeing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>SF video:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/svx0lq_ILOQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Astronomy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Reading:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/books\/astronomy-2e\/pages\/1-introduction\">Chapter 1: Science and the Universe: A Brief Tour<\/a> <em>from <\/em>OpenStax.\u00a0<em>Astronomy<\/em>. 13 October 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Unit 2 Class 3 [day\/date] OPTIONAL Readings\/Videos<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>If you&#8217;re feeling rusty with scientific notation, significant figures, precision\/accuracy, etc., I recommend Sections 2-A and 2-B (pgs. 17-38)\u00a0<em>from <\/em>\u00a0Chapter 2: Numbers and Physical Reality <em>in\u00a0<\/em>White and Dennin. 2008. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.compadre.org\/portal\/document\/ServeFile.cfm?ID=2171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Science Appreciation: Introduction to Science Literacy<\/a>. At the end of that chapter, there are practice questions.<\/li>\n<li>If you want to see some back of the envelope estimates in action, read: Loria. 2017. No one knows exactly how many rats live in NYC \u2013 here\u2019s why it\u2019s so complicated. <em>Business Insider. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/new-york-city-rat-population-is-hard-to-measure-2017-8\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Unit 2, Class 3 [day\/date] Assignments<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Self-Assessment 03 (form below due before class)<\/li>\n<li>Class Work 03 (completed during class)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Unit 2, Class 3 [day\/date] Self-Assessment<\/h3>\n<p>[insert form]<\/p>\n<h3>Unit 2, Class 4 [day\/date] Required Readings\/Videos:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reading:\u00a0<\/strong>Kagawa-Viviani. 2019. Maunakea: Redirecting the lens onto the culture of mainstream science. <em>SisterSTEM<\/em> [originally posted on Medium]. <a href=\"https:\/\/sisterstem.org\/2019\/07\/24\/maunakea-redirecting-the-lens-onto-the-culture-of-mainstream-science\/\">Link<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reading:\u00a0<\/strong>Landau. 2022. Citizen Scientists Spot Jupiter-like Planet in NASA TESS Data.\u00a0<em>NASA. <a href=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/odonnell24sf\/files\/2024\/09\/Landau-2022_ARCHIVED_Citizen-Scientists-Spot-Jupiter-like-Pl.-Jupiter-like-Planet-in-NASA-TESS-Data.pdf\">Landau 2022_ARCHIVED_Citizen Scientists Spot Jupiter-like Pl&#8230; Jupiter-like Planet in NASA TESS Data<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(this link goes to a PDF you can download)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reading: <\/strong>Devlin. \u2018Historic\u2019 [JWST] images show exoplanet in unprecedented detail. 2022.\u00a0<em>The Guardian.<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2022\/sep\/01\/historic-james-webb-images-show-exoplanet-unprecedented-detail\">Link<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Unit 2, Class 4 [day\/date] Assignments<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Self-Assessment 04 (form below due before class)<\/li>\n<li>Class Work 04 (completed during class)<\/li>\n<li>MAP: News Essay Citation worksheet due by [time\/date] via the form at the News Essay page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Unit 2, Class 4 [day\/date] Self-Assessment<\/h3>\n<p>[insert form]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Space, the final frontier&#8230; This week we will be exploring the vast temporal and spatial scales of astronomy. 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