8/3/2019 Semester 2 Project

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RAINSHADOW PHYSICAL SCIENCE 3B SPRING1. CREATEOR RESEARCHA PLANANDDESIGNFORYOURTELESCOPE. RECORD

THEEXACTBUILDING

INSTRUCTIONS.

2. CREATEA MATERIALSLIST . FOREACHITEMNEEDED,

INCLUDETHEPURCHASE LOCA-

TIONANDAPRICE. SUBMITYOUR

FINAL MATERIALSLIST.

3. COMPLETEBOTHPARTSOFTHERESEARCHPROJECT

LISTEDBELOW. RECORDALL

YOURINFORMATIONANDOB-

SERVATIONSTOINCLUDEIN

YOURFINALYOURPAPER. TELESCOPETELESCOPEProjectTHIS W ILL BE A MULT IPART, INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

PROJ ECT. YOU MAY USE CLASS T IME AND SCHOOL

RESOURCES TO HELP COMPLETE YOUR PROJ ECT.

Begin by building a telescope. I have included a set of blueprints and

materials for a telescope, you may need to research another design.

Record your design and blueprints. Submit a materials list for the school

to purchase. Once you have all the materials, build your telescope. Be

sure you record the experience for your final paper

RESEARCH PAPERYou will be writing a paper about Tele-scopes. Your paper should be 4 pages,

double spaced in 12 point font. You will

need to conduct some independent research

for your paper. Be sure to cite of all your

sources and include the following items in

your paper: Explain what a telescope is and the

basic science behind how it works. Discuss the history of the telescope;

how the technology has changed and

what scientists were involved. Discuss the major developments of

telescope technology.

Explain 6 different types of tele-scopes; how they work and how they

are different from each other. Discuss the impact of telescopes and

telescope technology on our society.

What can we use them for and how

might they aide us in the future.

Include at least 4 telescope images and

explain what each is, where it was

taken and what type of telescope took

the picture.

Include a reference section.

Include your telescope plans and

materials list and your celestial track-ing observations (explained below).

CELESTIAL TRACKINGOnce you have completed your research paper, you will use your telescope to track a celestial

body. Find something in the sky and record the time and date you saw it, your specific loca-

tion and the relative location of the celestial object (compass direction, angle of telescope,

ect). Record your observations. Go online and see if you can figure out exactly what you saw

(I would suggest using the NASA site or the HUBBLE site as they have lists of what is visible

in the sky at any given time). Record what you discovered.