Interested in helping astronomers classify pictures of distant galaxies from earlier in the Universe’s history? Check out the dawn of Galaxy Zoo’s newest iteration: Galaxy Zoo: Cosmic Dawn!
Galaxy Zoo is the most popular project on the Zooniverse, asking volunteers to classify images of galaxies based on their visual appearance. Galaxies have a variety of shapes, from ball-like ellipticals to those with grand spiral arms, so studying how they form and evolve over cosmic time requires classifying large numbers of them: that’s where you come in!
This week, Galaxy Zoo begins its latest incarnation, Galaxy Zoo: Cosmic Dawn, with tens of thousands of new galaxy images now available for you to help classify! These were taken by the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) on board the 8.2m Subaru telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, as part of the Hawaii Two-0 (H20) survey.
Compared to previous incarnations of Galaxy Zoo, H20 enables us to see fainter and more distant galaxies from earlier in the Universe's history. This deeper imaging also means we can observe many more distant galaxies in the same patch of sky, so the images you will see may often appear redder and blurrier than you might expect. H20 is a key component to the more ambitious Cosmic Dawn survey, aiming to push the boundaries of extragalactic astronomy by studying galaxy evolution out to a few hundred million years after the Big Bang!
There are also some rare types of galaxies that we don't want to miss, so make sure to check out the Tutorial!
As part of my on going commitment to safeguarding and prevent I have redone the UK Home office Prevent course
I last undertake this in 2020, so after completing the Level 2 Teaching Assistant Diploma, I am working through a few short courses then going on to the Level 2 SEND diploma
All of this should be very helpful finding work in schools, as it demonstrates a very strong commitment to learning, development of skills.
Module 1 : Defining and Explaining the Role of a Teaching Assistant
Module 2 : Understanding Schools as Organisations
Module 3 : Supporting Development in Pupils: Practice and Policies
Module 4 : Supporting the Teacher and the School
Module 5 : Applying Learning Activities to Support the Teaching of the Curriculum
Module 6 : Legislation, Legal Obligations and School Policies to Ensure
Module 7 : Learning Literacy Skills with Teaching Assistant Support
Module 8 : Learning Numeracy Skills with Teaching Assistant Support
Module 9 : Supporting the Use of Information and Communication Technology
Module 10 : Supporting Play and Learning
Module 11 : Supporting Pupils with Disabilities and Special Education Needs
Module 12 : Supporting Gifted and Talented Pupils
Module 13 : Working With Children Who Don’t Have English as a First Language
Module 14 : Managing Behaviour, Providing Pastoral Support and Engaging in Personal Development
Module 15 : Engaging Parents in Their Children’s Learning
Module 16 : Planning and Delivering Learning Activities Under the Direction of the Teacher
Module 17 : Leading Extracurricular Activities
Module 18 : Working Effectively as a Team and Promoting Good Working Relationships
Module 19 : Confidentiality, Equal Opportunities, Safeguarding, Promoting Equality & Diversity With Students
If you haven’t heard, universities around the world are offering their courses online for free (or at least, partially free). These courses are collectively called MOOCs or Massive Open Online Courses.