What’s Up With Space?

Integrated Science 2017 Name: Date: Pd:

While you were quietly enjoying this past year on Earth, did you know that a lot was happening in space? From space missions that were 17 years in the making to new ventures that struggle with success, the field of Astronomy has learned a lot about our solar system and Universe in just these last few months. Your task for this assignment is to put together a small presentation about one of these current events in space so that we can all learn about “what’s up with space”.

Your Task

You will be assigned an exciting space event that was in the news over the past year. You will research your event thoroughly and create a product that you will present to the class. Your product must include:

·  3-D model (we prefer “up-cycled” materials!)

·  Poem

·  Art Piece (collage, watercolor, clay, pencil sketch, etc)

Topics

·  CERN

·  Chandra

·  SOHO

·  New Horizons

·  Dawn

·  Lightsail

·  Curiosity Rover

·  Kepler and Kepler 2

·  SpaceX

·  Cassini

·  Juno

·  Virgin Galactic

·  LIGO

·  IRIS

·  NEOWISE

·  Rosetta

·  Hayabusa

·  Maven

·  James Webb Telescope

·  Osiris Rex

·  Psyche

·  Spitzer Telescope

·  Mars Opportunity

·  Huygens

·  International Space Station

·  Twin Study (Kelly brothers)

·  Hubble Telescope

·  2017 Eclipse

Timeline

You will have Friday, Monday and Tuesday (February 17, 27, and 28) to work on your presentation. Art pieces, posters, and poems must be finished and submitted by class time on ______(but preferably earlier) at which time you may present your topic.

Requirements for Project

·  All information must be in your own words

·  Your bibliography must use at least one of the website mentioned below.

·  Use EASYBIB.COM to compile your research.

·  Include the latest research!

·  You may need to do research at home.

·  The information you present must be organized, well thought out, clear and highly educational.

·  This project is worth 50 points

·  Posters must be neat. Information must be clearly readable. Poster should have a title and thoughtful descriptions. Small, labeled sketches may be included. No printed images. Topic must be thoroughly covered & explained.

·  Art Pieces must be accompanied with clear explanations of different parts of the object. Text should explain how it is or was used, location of object, why it is important, and discoveries made by object

·  Poems must be at least 40 words and must explain your topic in a different way or must explain a different aspect of your topic not covered in your poster.

Grading

This project is worth 40 points. Grading depends on the quality of the information presented, the depth of the information, the understanding of the information, the time and effort put into the project, and the presentation of the project. Do not include information you do not understand, and that is not in your own words. Final product must be informative and interesting. Research must be documented with a bibliography. Each piece of the project (art piece, poster, poem) will be graded on a 4-3-2-1 scale:

4 – exceeds expectations, 3 – meets expectations, 2 – approaches expectations, 1 – does not approach expectations, 0 – incomplete

Research

When using the Internet, you must use HIGH QUALITY websites. These include government websites (ex: NASA), university websites, and astronomy magazine websites

·  http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/

·  http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/

·  http://www.nasa.gov/

·  http://www.spaceref.com/

·  http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/

·  Space Missions for planets, etc.: http://www.nasa.gov/missions/

·  Hubble: http://www.hubblesite.org/

http://oposite.stsci.edu/

http://hstexhibit.stsci.edu

·  Various Telescopes: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/stars-galaxies/index.cfm

·  Planets: http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/

http://nineplanets.org/

BEWARE of websites with non-scientific information such as: astrology websites, someone’s class project website, websites with an agenda.