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Telescope Design Project

Telescope Design Project. How can we gather information about objects in space?. The Problem.

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Telescope Design Project

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  1. Telescope Design Project How can we gather information about objects in space?

  2. The Problem • Design a telescope specifically engineered to investigate a particular type of object in space (to be assigned). The telescope should be optimized to gather as much information as possible about these objects to increase our understanding and test hypotheses about the objects.

  3. Things to consider… • What type(s) of EM radiation will it be designed to receive? • Will it be ground-based or space-based • What capabilities will it have that will allow it to find and study your assigned object? How will these capabilities allow astronomers to test existing hypotheses? • What will its physical design be like? How will data be displayed?

  4. The Challenge(s) • Investigate the issue—Define what the object is and where it is found. • Evaluate our current situation—How do astronomers detect and analyze them using present technology? What are we trying to learn out about the object? • Create solutions—How can we detect and analyze these objects more efficiently? Support your ideas with evidence. • Weigh the alternatives—Why specifically are your ideas preferable to other courses of action? • Be prepared to answer questions about your proposal.

  5. The Details • Topics will be chosen by blind draw • Groups of two (no groups of three or larger! Don’t even ask!)

  6. The Product • Presentation • Explain the problem with observing your topic, explain how you arrived to your solution, describe the design of your telescope. • 5-7 min in length • Visual aid • Digital (powerpoint, movie, original web site, etc.) Must be approved by teacher • Must include diagram of the telescope • Must include APA citations for at least 3 sources • Written argument against competing proposal • Each group must respond in writing to a “colleague” who has suggested a type of telescope for investigating your assigned object; you must explain why you agree or disagree with the colleague’s choice. • APA citations should be included (can be the same as presentation or different) with in-text citations

  7. The Due Date Friday, November 11th

  8. The Rubric

  9. Research Tools • eLibrary • username = 29-27070; password = bigchalk • ABC-CLIO • username & password = chaparralco • JSTOR • username = chaparral; password = researcher • While I would recommend staying away from Google as a search tool, scholar.google.com will search reputable scientific publications just like the library databases will.

  10. APA format • APA is simply a style for citing sources in any sort of research. • It is important that you give credit where credit is due. Anything that isn’t common knowledge should be cited. • In-text citations help the reader determine which pieces of information came from which source. • For help with formatting go to • https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

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