Astronomy

Fall 2007

Current Events Assignment

Due: Friday  Nov. 30  in class.

Choose an article from this list of recent Sky and Telescope articles.  Write a short paper about the article, including:

• A 2 -3 page summary of the article.
• A discussion of  how the article relates to what we talked about in class.
• A discussion of  how the article advances your knowledge of the subject beyond what we did in class. 

Sky and Telescope is available in Prevo library. Ask at the desk if you are having trouble finding them. You can also download pdf versions for $3.95 per article from: http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/skyandtelescope/advancedsearch.html

This is a graded assignment, worth 15% of the Aassignments@ part of your final grade.