Please see attachment. Here is a general idea of what is needed:
Phase I—For this lab, you will need to go to http://www.galaxyzoo.org to look at features of different galaxies. Phase I of this lab shows you how to answer the classification questions on the website, recording your results in the lab document. You will analyze 20 images, and report on the difficulty you had (or didn’t have) analyzing the different characteristics of the objects in the images.
Phase II—You will transfer your classifications to a table using tally marks. You will then analyze the generalization provided based on your evidence.
Phase III—You are given some data collected from the site, and asked to come up with a conclusion based on that data (in other words, an evidence-based conclusion). Make sure that you mention the specific pieces of data that you are using for evidence.
Phase IV—In this phase, you are given a research question and asked to come up with a step-by-step method of collecting the evidence needed to answer this question. You do not need to do the whole data collection process, but you do need to explain what someone would need to do (again, further instructions are in the lab document). Write it so that someone else could follow your step-by-step procedure to successfully collect the needed data.
Phase V—Now, based on what you have done in the first four phases, you will come up with your own answerable research question that can be answered using Galaxy Zoo. Don’t worry, the question does not need to be complex or sophisticated, but it does need to be answerable. You will write your question, the procedure to collect the evidence (like in phase IV), collect any additional data you need beyond the 20 galaxies you already classified (use the data table in phase II as a rough guide), and come to an evidence-based conclusion (like you did in phase III).
Phase VI—Finally, you will write a short (50-word) summary (details in the lab document). Keep this focused on what you learned doing the lab. This should not be information from your textbook or other sources.
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