Tuesday, November 18, 2008

CYO Webquest

Today you will create your own Chapter 22 Webquest. You will find quality astronomy-related websites, and create questions. All of the answers should be found on the websites that you use. Your webquest should be 15 questions long, covering 15 different topics. Please provide the website for each question. Here are your topic choices:

  • Geocentric
  • Heliocentric
  • Retrograde motion
  • Ellipse
  • Astronomical Unit (AU)
  • Johannes Kepler
  • Galileo Galilei
  • Tycho Brahe
  • Nicolaus Copernicus
  • Rotation and revolution
  • Precession
  • Perihelion and aphelion
  • Perigee and apogee
  • Phases of the moon
  • Solar eclipse
  • Lunar eclipse
  • Lunar history
  • Lunar surface

Here is a sample question: (feel free to use it in your webquest)
1. What is the shape of Earth's orbit around the sun?
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/physical_science/physics/mechanics/orbit/perihelion_aphelion.html&edu=mid
2. Type your next question here. On the next line, have the full link.

You may not use any encyclopedia websites (http://www.answers.com/, http://www.wikipedia.com/, http://www.dictionary.com/, etc.). Here are a few helpful websites that will get you started:

  1. Windows to the Universe
  2. Equinoxes, Solstices, Perihelion, and Aphelion
  3. NinePlanets.org
  4. Lunar Timeline
  5. Geocentric and Heliocentric models, Retrograde motion of Mars

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