Studying The Stars
Greetings scholars, and welcome to your latest task. Pretend you are a teacher for a prominent College. You have received
word that due to budget cuts, the school trustees are pulling funding from the Astronomy
program. They feel that there is no need for Astronomy in their school program and that it is an isolated subject. To respond to this, you will prepare a written letter as to why they should continue to
support astronomy and why it is important. You will also prepare a presentation
using Prezi to focus on one of three topics. The three topics to choose from will be the Stars/Sun, Planets, or Moon and Satellites.
Task 1
Before we start, we will need to build our knowledge of astronomical terms in order to build our vocabulary and help to create an excellent letter and presentation. On the document below, you will define the following words using an online dictionary. Then you will categorize the words into one of the three categories of Stars/Sun, Planets, or Moons and Satellites. You may also view the document below to access the worksheet.
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Task 2
Now that we have expanded our lexicon, we will now start developing our Prezi presentation and our essay. Here we will look at the Prezi Presentation. For this presentation, you will choose a focus from the choices stated above. Your presentation should focus on giving general information about the specific topic as well as telling us why it is important. You can use these questions to guide your presentation.
Also, below are some videos that will give you added information on one of your chosen topics.
- Give a brief summary of what this topic is about.
- Show three details about your topic. Show this by pictures or videos
- Support your reasons and show why you feel this part of Astronomy is important to students and to society.
Also, below are some videos that will give you added information on one of your chosen topics.
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Here is a link to Discovery Education. Here you will be able to go further in the subject. You may also find any online resources that are verified resources. Here you can read about what a verified resource is.
Task 3
Here you will work on your essay. Your essay will be to convince the trustees of your college to keep the astronomy program. This essay is considered persuasive writing. In persuasive writing, you are trying to convince your audience to support your position Your essay is to be approximately 3-5 pages. It will be double spaced with 12 font in Times New Roman style. You must use what you have learned from the previous tasks and use them in your essay. Here are some questions to think about as you create your essay.
To help you gather your thoughts, here is a persuasion map. This will help you support each reason with details for your essay.
- Give a brief overview of what Astronomy is.
- Why is this topic of Astronomy important to education?
- How can astronomy affect other subjects such as Social Studies or Math?
- What career fields are available for those students who want to focus on Astronomy?
- In terms of your research field ( Stars, Planets, Galaxies), what information do you plan to gain from this study and what information have you collected already?
To help you gather your thoughts, here is a persuasion map. This will help you support each reason with details for your essay.
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