NAT161 Explore the Nigh Sky

NAT161 Citizen Science Project (value:20% of final grade)This is anindividual projects (not group project). Citizen Science(20%)Performthree(3)activities. You can do moreif you desire but must complete and submit at least three(3).Citizen Science ProjectsThese are projects where the general public helps in gathering and analyzing data used by scientists. You will get to participate in the analysis of surface features on Mars; you can analyze real astronomical data to help in the discoveries of exoplanets; you can help in analysis of very distant galaxies or identify meteors by radio. The reason scientists ask for input from the general public is that humans are (still) better than computers in cases of complex pattern recognition. A statistically large number of participants can provide meaningful and useful input in classifications of real astronomical data. 1.Go to the zooniverse website.Createyour own unique User Account. Your UserName must be a derivative of your real name (ie, SueJones25). Do Not use nicknames, they will not be accepted for assignment marking. 3.Select the “Space” projectson the very far right side. You might have to click on the “>” to get to the “Space” projects. Do NOT do “Science Gossip” or “Calgary Captured”.For this assignment, all activities must come from the “SPACE”category. Assignment requirements:For EACHof the three(3) activities:•Perform a minimum of 10identifications, measurements or classifications for eachactivity.Note, the minimum (10identifications) gets you minimum marks. Doing 20or moreidentificationsgets you gets you full marksfor this part of the assignment.•Producea reportin PDFformatthatfor each activity:1.Describethe goalsof eachactivityyou participate in and explain their scientific significance. 2.Describethe type of classificationsor analysisyou participated in and the type of tasks that you had to do(measurements, classifications, etc). You mustincludegraphical examples.3.Reflect for eachof the activities) personally on what you learned about the specific objects while doing the classifications –was there anything that you foundsurprising, unexpected? Or, wasthe data confirming your previous knowledge about the object(s)?What you liked, disliked, was easy, or found difficult about the classificationsor analysis.•YOU MUST Insert a screen captureof the summary of your “zooniverse” participation and your submission resultsthat confirmthe number of identifications performed for each activity. This MUSTbe inserted in your project or else it cannot be graded