Astronomy Topics

Starting Monday, we will begin our Astronomy unit. This will take us to the end of the semester. Over the next couple of weeks, you will be working on a research paper (in addition to our regular class work) about a topic of your choice. I have included the list of topic choices below.

For today's blog assignment, you will choose 5 topics that sound interesting, and write a paragraph for each. You are not committed to making any of today's choices your research assignment. Here's the list of choices:

• Black holes
• Worm holes
• String Theory (check quarks link, ask Mr. Dunn for explanation)
• Dark Matter
• Dark Energy
• Search for Extra-terrestrial Life (SETI)
• Mars
• The Moon
• Pluto
• Hubble Telescope
• Titan (one of Saturn's moons)
• Apollo Missions
• Saturn's rings
• Big Bang Theory
• Telescopes
• Ultimate fate of the universe
• International Space Station
• Kuiper Belt
• Milky Way Galaxy
• Andromeda Galaxy
• Star constellations
• Astrobiology
• Asteroid belt