Please choose any three (3) of the following SETS of exercises for your Portfolio, which also counts as the Common Assignment. See next page for details. LIST OF SETS TO CHOOSE FROM: Size and Scale (3 exercises) Motion of the Sky (4 exercises) The Seasons (4 exercises) The Phases of the Moon (4 exercises) Doppler Shift (4 exercises) Apparent and Absolute Magnitude (4 exercises) Stellar Evolution (3 exercises) Luminosity of Stars (4 exercises) ALL of the exercises assigned for each set must be completed & submitted for full credit. Neatness and organization count just as much as content. Carefully TYPE your responses in WORD documents, using several sentences for each, and assume the reader knows nothing about what you’re writing. Your responses must be in your own words and you must do your own work. The Academic Integrity Policy will be enforced. All work must be TYPED on computer. Please follow the example posted on Blackboard. PORTFOLIOS SUBMITTED IN THE INCORRECT FORMAT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AND WILL RECEIVE A GRADE OF ZERO! Please submit each set of your typed exercises electronically to my college email address separately as individual files and attachments when you turn them in using the following format example: LASTNAME ASTM101 (CCA OR CNA) PORTFOLIO (SET NAME) F20.docx I also require each person to submit one typed draft of one set EARLY so I can see that you are doing the exercises correctly and in the correct format.. General Education Common Graded Assignment: ASTM101: Astronomy 2020 Ranking Task Writing Project Astronomy is a general education course designed to assist students in the development of critical life skills. One of the goals of this assignment is to assess student competence for each of these objectives: I. Written and Oral Communication— present astronomical information using effective written and/or oral communications. II. Critical Analysis and Reasoning— use astronomical data and scientific methods, individually and collaboratively, to solve problems involving astronomical topics. III. Technological Competence– explain how results from various observational technologies are used to develop theoretical models of celestial objects IV. Information Literacy— find, evaluate, use, and document informational resources to research astronomical topics V. Scientific and Quantitative or Logical Reasoning— manipulate and present data numerically and graphically In addition to the above general education objectives, this assignment assesses students’ understanding and application of the following skills and knowledge specific to astronomy: • choose appropriate astronomical terms to describe the features and natures of astronomical objects ASSIGNMENT: Purpose: Audience: Directions: The Project is designed to verify your ability to: Arrangeastronomicalconceptsinalogicalorder. Defendanswerswithcompletewell-reasonedexplanationsusingpropervocabularyand evidence. Applythecorrectresourcestosolveassignedtasks. This assignment must be written so that a fellow astronomy student could understand the explanations. Students will complete 3 of the assigned ranking task topics. Completion of the assignment includes ranking the items as well providing an explanation to defend the order of the items (25 pts. each topic). For each “subject area” of the ranking tasks, the student will describe one piece of equipment used to gather the data provided and the current limitations of that piece of equipment (2 pts. each topic). The explanation must be in complete sentences using astronomy vocabulary properly. Any resources used in the process of this assignment must be cited properly, both IN-TEXT and on a WORKS CITED page (9 pts. total). ASSIGNMENT SPECIFICATIONS: • Minimum 2 pages typed in Times New Roman 12-pt font, double-spaced with 1” margins. The Works Cited page is not included in the assigned page length. • MLA or APA style format and documentation for parenthetical citations(in-text) and a Works Cited page. • A minimum of 5 sources is required. GRADING: • This assignment will account for 10% of the total course grade. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: • Due by the end of the current semester. Please see Syllabus for section specific due date. • Electronic version handed in ONLY. Please see Syllabus for section specific instructions. • Please submit TWO copies. One copy should include your student ID, course number and section; it should omit student and faculty names.
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