Constellation Links In Streaming.DiscoveryEducation

 The Cosmos:  January to March

The Night Skies from the Southern Hemisphere

Opiuchus

Constellations of the Northern Hemisphere

Science vs. Religion, and Pseudoscience, the Overlap

Chunk the reading found at http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_noma.html  into pieces...so everyone at your table is reading 4 to 5 paragraphs.  When you get done, use a whiteboard to discuss the following questions:

a) what is science?
b) what is religion?
c) what is the theory of non-overlapping magisterium?
d) what would we call the overlap of science and religion?
e) which of the three ideas (science, pseudoscience, religion) were shown by the first astronomers?
f) can atheism be a religion?










 

Carl Sagan Pseudoscience/Astrology

The Last Two Projects

The last projects are from SDSS and require a fair amount of time.



Image Processing (the way the scientists see it all)--this may take up to 5 class periods.

Download IRIS and install.  If you have problems, take a look here

Download the files found here and UNZIP.  They are .fits files, so IRIS can read them.  Combine the images to make a color picture.  If you need help, refer to the tutorial   Email the completed image to marciarpowellATgmailDOTcom


Then, download the files found here and UNZIP.  They are .fits files, so IRIS can read them.  Combine the images to make a galaxy mosaic.  If you need help, refer to the tutorial   Email the completed image to marciarpowellATgmailDOTcom


Sky Surveys (comparing different possibilities of data)--this may take up to 4 class periods

Follow the exercises  and hand in a completed report

Test 4

Please click HERE

Big Bang vs. Religion

Today, you will make a poster that contrasts 2 religious beliefs and a science belief about the beginning of the world.  As we have said all semester, science and religion mixing can make the questions we ask more and more unclear.    YOU WILL HAVE ALL DAY for this project, so they should be awesome!

Universe SCIENCE data:  http://www.universeadventure.org
http://www.universetoday.com

Universe RELIGION data:
http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/CS/CSIndex.html


http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab83


http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1&version=NIV

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2&version=NIV
 
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1&version=NIV

Hubble and his Deep Field

Go to the Hubble Galaxy Hunt activity. Take the time you need to explore, but when you are done, I need you to write a 3-4 paragraph reflection on your impressions, including data, statistics, and size factors.