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SCIE 113 Speaker Series Worksheet This worksheet is designed to help you analyze arguments presented by speakers at the SCIE 113 speaker series, to concisely summarize their most important points in your own words, and to keep track of sources of information – all important skills that we will practice and apply throughout the course. This worksheet will also be a useful resource if you use information from the speaker series in Essay 1 or the final project. However, this worksheet is not intended for extensive note-taking, and we recommend that you take notes elsewhere before summarizing your answers on this worksheet. Please try to answer questions in 2 sentences at most, unless otherwise noted. Background questions (not for marks, but your TA may give you feedback on these) 1. What is the speaker’s name and job title? The speaker's name is Michelle Kunimoto, and is working towards a PhD in the department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of British Columbia. 2. What is the speaker’s discipline or background in science? Using the APA style guide on Canvas, provide a reference for the source where you learned this information. Michelle's background in science consists of a Bachelor of Science in combined honours of Ohysics and Astronomy. She is now starting her master's degree in Astronomy at UBC this fall. Hennig, C. (2020, March 1). UBC astronomy student finds 17 new possible planets, 1 may have water. Cbc. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ubc-astronomy-student-finds-17- new-possible-planets-1-may-have-water-1.5481900 3. Using the APA style guide on Canvas, provide a reference for this speaker’s presentation. Kunimoto, M. (2023, September 21). A Planet-Hunter's Guide to the Galaxy [Powerpoint slides]. Questions marked for completion (3 points total) 4. What is one question that you would like to ask the speaker? ( 1 point ) How are we able to create such technology that allows us to find such exoplanets? 5. What was one thing you learned that you found particularly interesting? ( 1 point ) The whole concept that in the past, exoplanets were considered taboo and the topic was disliked by many. Its interesting to me because people had never really considered exoplanets in the past due to the lack of technology and data, and it showed by when people tried discussing about exoplanets, people would get up and leave. It's incredible to see how we can always change our thoughts that we had for so long in an instant with one simple discovery.

6. In what way does this presentation relate to what you have learned in SCIE 113 so far? ( 1 point ) ( Note : This question does not apply to the first speaker series presentation of the term.) As mentioned in question 5, The presentation relates to SCIE 113 by proving the claim: Science is always changing in light of new observations. This claim had been continuously shown in space- related studies as we never knew of exoplanets and disconsidered them, until one new observation. Questions marked for content (7 points total) Note : If the speaker has discussed multiple research projects, please choose one research project to write about for the following questions. 7. What is the speaker’s research question? ( 1 points ) "Are we alone?" 8. What approaches or methods does the speaker use to investigate the research question? ( 1 point ) The pulsar timing method. A pulsar is a pulsating radio star that rotates and emits radio waves along its pulse. The time between these emissions every time the pulsar is focused on Earth allows us to 'clock' the galaxy 9. What is the main claim that the speaker makes about the research project? ( 2 points ) There are many planets undiscovered, making it very possible that we are not alone. 10. Using point-form notes, list examples of relevant evidence that the speaker presented to support the claim that you identified in question 9. ( 3 points ) - Michelle downloads data tests of light curves observed by TESS every month and uses algorithms to check for the repeating transit events. She then searches the data and picks candidates for possible planets. - Michelle used a graph plot of all confirmed planets found to help the search in exoplanets. - Michelle searches for habitable planets similar to Earth in hopes of letting humanity further progress. - Michelle gathers data of the mass of the planet from radial velocity, and radius of the planet from transit, which can let her know the planet density and whether it is a rocky exoplanet.

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