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Astronomy 1510 Research Paper

Pick a research topic related to astronomy. You can pick from the following topics listed below or create your

own topic to cover. It is important to select an interesting and eye-catching topic to write about. You can submit

your proposed topics to Canvas for approval by date listed below . Please keep in mind, the earlier your topic is

approved, the more time you’ll have to complete your paper. Submit your completed paper to Canvas via Turn-

it In by time listed below, no exceptions.

Topics listed in the schedule are not permitted.

Important Dates:

Approval of Topic Submission of Paper

Topic Due: September 29th 2022 at 11:59pm November 29th 2022 at 11:59pm

Paper criteria:

• Title page

• 3 or more written pages (not including Title page/Works Cited)

• Works Cited (MLA, APA, or Chicago are acceptable)

• 12 point font

• Times New Roman

• Format Submission: PDF

• Optional: You can also add photo references with a description for each. The photos are separate from

the written portion of the paper.

Possible Research Paper : Astronomy Topics

Galaxies (Any M## or NGC##)

Gravitational lensing

Halley’s Comet

Hubble telescope

Kepler telescope

Mars water

Remote sensing

Robotic Space Exploration Superclusters

Supernova

Kepler

Newton

Plato

Ptolemy

Socrates

Stephen Hawking

Thales

Taken Topics : Mars' Water

Andromeda Galaxy and Milky Way

Collision Apollo missions

Auroras

Beyond the Milky Way

Constellations and Human Interpretations (88

possible) Taken: Cassiopeia, Hercules, Cosmic time and Distance Curiosity

Rover

Dwarf galaxies

Exoplanets

Astronomers

Aristotle

Carl Sagan

Copernicus

Einstein

Galileo

Henrietta Swann Leavitt

Hubble

Tycho

William or Caroline Herschel

R esearch Paper R

ubric

E xceeds Standard

M eets Standard

N early M

eets Standard

D oes N

ot M eet

Standard N

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vidence Score

Title Page

Title, Y our N

am e, C

IN ,

C ourse N

am e, D

ate Evidence of four

Evidence of three Evidence of tw

o or less ---

__/5 Pts

Thesis Statement & Introduction

C learly and concisely states

the paper’s purpose in a single sentence, w

hich is engaging, and thought provoking. States the m

ain topic and preview s

the structure of the paper

C learly states the paper’s

purpose in a single sentence. The M

ain topic &

preview s the structure

of the paper.

States the paper’s purpose in a single sentence. M

ain topic but does not adequately preview

the structure of the paper.

Incom plete and/or

unfocused. There is no clear introduction or m

ain topic, &

the structure of the paper is m

issing.

--- __/10 Pts

Body

Each paragraph has sufficient supporting detail sentences that develop the m

ain idea. O

rganized details & flow

s as you read.

Each paragraph has less sufficient supporting detail sentences that develop the m

ain idea.

Each paragraph lacks supporting detail sentences.

Each paragraph fails to develop the m

ain idea.

--- __/50 Pts

Organization

W riter dem

onstrates logical &

subtle sequencing of ideas through w

ell-developed paragraphs; transitions are used to enhance organization. Paragraph developm

ent present but not perfected.

Logical organization: organization of ideas not fully developed.

N o evidence of structure

or organization.

--- __/10 Pts

Conc.

The conclusion is engaging an &

restates the thesis. The conclusion restates the thesis.

The conclusion does not adequately restate the thesis.

Incom plete &

/or unfocused.

--- __/10 Pts

Mechanics & Usage

N o errors in punctuation,

capitalization & spelling.

Sentences have no errors and w

ord usage

A lm

ost no errors in criteria of m

echanics and usage

M any errors in the

criteria of m

echanics and usage.

D istracting am

ounts of errors in the criteria of m

echanics and usage.

--- __/15 Pts

Citation

A ll cited w

orks, both text &

visual, are done in the correct form

at w ith no errors.

Som e cited w

orks, both text &

visual, are done in the correct form

at. Inconsistencies evident.

Few cited w

orks, both text &

visual, are done in the correct form

at.

A bsent

--- __/10 Pts

T otal A

m ount of Points

____/110pts