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Final Review Session: Study Guide

Study Guide June 2nd- Compile all blogs June 3rd- Summary of Blog Assignment completed June 4th- Decide the topic of paper. What I’m interested in that will make my paper fun to read and relate to class material. June 5th- Outline- How do I want to break up my writing and pictures and what are the main points I want to touch on. June 6th- Intro/ Thesis June 7th- First 500 words June 8th- 500-1000 words June 9th- 1000-1050 words June 10th- Edit- Make sure everything supports the thesis and is relevant to the class June 11th- Edit and turn in

Week 9

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This week, as Professor Vesna explained, pulled everything together we’ve learned so far in this course. Space deals with a little bit of each topic as it is so vast and all encompassing. Space has always been something very interesting to me as there is so much unknown that is to be discovered. Space technology is something that is relatively recent in the history of the human people and extremely influential as to your place in the world. In the history of the United States and space technology the Cold War was the turning point. The Cold War forced us and the Soviet Union to develop quicker and more efficiently and in turn affected the worldview of space technology and what is really possible. A few notable people along the way made major contributions to space technology that changed its course. Giovanni Demisiani coined the word telescope and  Galileo Galilei is often the man given credit for this invention. The telescope revolutionized space technology as we simply could see

Event 3

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The Claudia Schnuggs pop-up lecture’s main idea was the crossover of art into the science realm and how artists can influence science. Schnuggs’s way of presenting this topic was going through several artists that took their talents and thought of a way it could be used in science. Why collaboration? Schnuggs says it is to access new knowledge and perspective and possibly dive into new realms that have never been thought of before. If you are stuck in either of these realms you may fail to see how one benefits the other and how you could improve your ideas and create them on a wider reaching scale. One of the ideas she presented that stood out to me is the Agent Unicorn. Anouk Wipprecht developed this idea that is a headpiece for kids with ADHD. It is a headpiece that starts recording when the child begins to focus hard and uses electrodes to sense this. This is the type of crossover that can affect and help so many people. Not only does it help with the child’s medical issue the de