Year 10 Astronomy Powerpoint Project Name: ______
What is Astronomy?
Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον), "star", and nomos (νόμος), "law") is the scientific study of celestial objects (space objects) and phenomena that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere.
Celestial objects are structures which current science has confirmed to exist in space, including stars, planets, moons, asteroids, galaxies, comets and blackhole.
Source: Astronomy from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy
You are required to complete a Powerpoint project on Astronomy of your choice. However, you must research information from various sources/sites and present them in a form that year 9 students can understand – DON’T COPY AND PASTE INFO – without simplifying them; use your own words.
Topics choice: (not including description of a planet or solar system in general)
1. History of Space Exploration
2. Ancient Astronomy
3. Greatest Gastronomists in the History
4. Mission to Mars
5. Life on Mars
6. Spacecraft
7. Satellites
8. Living in Space
9. International Space Station (ISS)
10. Our Sun
11. Milky Way
12. Black holes
13. Comets
14. Asteroids
15. Role of NASA
16. The Birth of a Star
17. The Fate of a Star
18. Hubble Space Telescope
19. Rockets / Space Flight
20. Tools used in Astronomy
21. How to be trained as an Astronaut?
22. Man in Space
23. Big Bang Theory
24. Auroras
25. Different types of Galaxies
26. Extraterrestrial Life
27. Constellations
28. Others – see the teacher for approval….
Rubric for the Astronomy Powerpoint Project Topic: ______Name: ______
Effective and appropriate format of most slide: Follow the 6 x 6 rule ( no more than 6 lines with 6 words per card); appropriate image in at least every second slide. Sound should be added to make it multimedia!
Criteria / 5 marks / 4 marks / 3 marks / 2 marks / 1 mark / 0 markNot shown
Length – No. of Slides / 9-10 Slides / 7- 8 slides / 5- 6 slides / 3-4 slides / 1-2 slides / o slide
Why am I choosing this topic? / Excellent description and interesting / Good description and interesting / Some description
Title page/Heading / Title page – Clear Title; Name, Form, Year and image; Using WordArt for Headings in other slides with consistency / Title page with most items; Headings are included but not using WordArt or not in a consistent manner / Title page with a few items only and not using heading in a consistent manner / Title page with a few items only and a few headings in other slides
Content / The content is written clearly and concisely with a logical progression of ideas and supporting information.
Information is accurate, current and comes mainly from * primary sources. / The content is written with a logical progression of ideas and supporting information.
Includes persuasive information from reliable sources. / The content is written with a logical progression of ideas and supporting information.
-not having a lot of information and facts. / The content is vague in conveying a point of view and does not create a strong sense of purpose. / The content lacks a clear point of view and logical sequence of information.
Writing Mechanics / The text is written in bullet points and only key words are used.
No errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. / The text is clearly written in bullet points.
Some irrelevant words are included but with little or no editing required for grammar, punctuation, and spelling. / The Text are in some sort of bullet point.
Spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors distract or impair readability.
(3 or more errors) / Errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, usage and grammar repeatedly distract the reader and major editing and revision is required. / Not written in bullet points with lots of errors
Background/Images / Background design or images should be consistent throughout most slides and text is large enough and easy to read; 5 or more good quality images included / Background is good and text is easy to read and 3-4 images included / Background + 2 images only or equivalent / Text is difficult to read; inconsistent background and few images / Busy background with text difficult to read and only 1-2 few image. / no images
Other Powerpoint tools / Effective and consistent uses of animation, including the bullet points and images; transition effect. / Bullet points have animation and transition effect is included / Bullet points animated but too many types and confusing and no transition effect / Bullet point not animated but other images have animation / Few animation / no animation
Follow up questions / 3 good related questions with answers / 2 questions with answers / questions but no answers
Presentation / Presentation is highly effective and visually compelling / Presentation is effective and visually interesting / Presentation has some imagery, but may have occasional cluttered or hard to read slides / Presentation lacks appropriate visual imagery or is difficult or challenging to read
Bibliography / 3 websites with title and hyperlinked address / 3 websites without titles / 2 websites without titles
Maximum marks = 42 marks Percentage: =
OS = 96-100% EX = 86-95% VG = 76-85% G = 66-75%
S = 56-65% MR = 45-55% NS = Less than 45% (or not completed)