You may do as many of these as you like for a maximum of 15 points added to your final course score. The value of each activity is listed after the description.

These extra points must be earned, so these items will be evaluated. This is not meant to discourage you from doing these activities, I just want to be clear that simply doing an activity does not guarantee you its full point value.

Projects with no due date specified below are all due via Blackboard under Extra Credit, on the date posted on the Course Schedule. 

1. Attend Planetarium Show and Telescope Viewing at Science Complex
   • See the webpage for updated information.
   • Write a one page summary, single-spaced, of the astronomical content.
   • MUST be turned in no later than two weeks after the activity
   • Worth up to 5 points
2. Attend Observatory Open House at Johns Hopkins U, Bloomberg Building
   • Friday evenings, weather permitting. Check the webpage for updated information.
   • Enter the Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy, and take the elevator to the fifth floor.
   • Click here for a JHU campus map.
   • Write a one page summary, single-spaced, of the astronomical content.
   • MUST be turned in no later than two weeks after the activity
   • Worth up to 10 points
3. Attend the Open House at the UMBC telescope. 
   • Usually on the first Thursday evening of every month. (Check the website.)
   • Click here for directions
   • Write a one page summary, single-spaced, of the astronomical content.
   • MUST be turned in no later than two weeks after the lecture
   • Worth up to 10 points
4. Watch a Public Lecture given at the Space Telescope Science Institute
   • Write a one page summary, single-spaced of the astronomical content.
   • Be sure to include the speaker name and the title and date of the presentation.
   • Worth up to 5 points
5. Engage in citizen science at Zooniverse!
   • Make an account.
   • Choose from among the following projects, the ones related to the ASTR 181 content:
     • Gravity Spy
     • GWitchHunters
     • Citizen Assas-SN
     • SuperWASP Variable Stars
     • Galaxy Zoo
     • Radio Galaxy Zoo
   • Hand in a screenshot showing a summary of your analysis along with a summary (3/4 page minimum of single-spaced text, not including screenshots) of what you did and the scientific goals and purpose behind it. (If you do more than one project, you must submit a separate write-up for each.)
   • Each project is worth up to 10 points each, for analysis of at least 15 images or other types of datasets. Email me if you have questions about your choice of projects.