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PathFinder: Aquarius 2002

Online Resources 1. Bad Astronomy 2.  NASA 3.  Sky & Telescope Magazine 4.  Atlas of the Universe 5.  Current Star Gazing 6.  Earthlink 7.  Kids Astronomy 8. Sun, Earth, Moon 9.  Ball on a String 10.  Why Things Fall 11.  Why Satellites Don't Fall FCA's 1.  Correct spelling and grammar 2.  1-2 pages, 12 pt. font, normal margins and headers.  No longer, no shorter! 3,  Includes from 1 to 3 pictures. 4.  The 5 W's are all covered. 5.  Take notes, no cut-and-paste and no copying.  Use you own words. 6.  Two projects alike? Both zeroes.

PathFinder: Mazzaglia Astronomy Project      As part of your Astronomy unit, I would like you to spend some time (either at home, after school at the Higgins Library or at any of the city's libraries) opening each of the 11 websites listed to the left and looking over the different types of information offered at each one.  Many students were surprised at how much time they spent just previewing them (especially the pictures) and how interesting the information was.        Choose the website you like the best and write a report that includes the five W's (who, what, when, where and why) describing the website.      I will grade based on whether your information convinces me that you: 1.   spent time on the website 2.   checking the links, 3.   reading the information and 4.   studying any pictures you might have found there.  The length will vary depending on the site you choose, but it should be no shorter than one page and no longer than two.  In addition, feel free to include any particularly interesting pictures you may come across.      Please end your report with some comment as to why you liked this website the best - what about it appealed to you?  Use the FCA's listed to the left to guide you in writing the report.