SES4U Grade 12 Earth and Space – University Unit: Astronomy Timeline of Astronomical Knowledge We as a class will be constructing a time-line that depicts the evolution of thought about astronomy. The following list is a small and shortened list of people who have contributed to our current understanding of astronomy. This list covers a very small number of the total number of people who have contributed to our collective understanding: Nicolaus Copernicus Albert Einstein Isaac Newton Plato Exodoxus of Cnidus Aristotle Edward Maunder Eratosthenes Hipparchus Claudius Ptolemaeus Carl Sagan Galileo Galilei Tycho Brache Johannes Kepler John Babtist Riccioli Edmond Halley Neil Degrasse Tyson William Herschel Johann Bode Annie Jump Cannon Henrietta Swan Levitt Edwin Hubble Stephen Hawking Thomas Henderson Giovanni Cassini You will be selecting one of the following people from the list. Your poster should contain the following: Part A: 20cm wide x 26cm high “WANTED” poster on coloured paper or Bristol board. There should be a 1cm border (in a different colour) all the way around. Requirements: - Full name of Astronomer (in large text at top) next to the word: WANTED ‘Mug Shot’ of Astronomer (can be printed off of a computer) date of birth and death (if applicable) major crimes against astronomy (additions to current understanding of astronomy (diagrams acceptable if hand drawn)) interesting facts to help track down or find this person Make it look good! Part B: 150 – 200 word biography of your astronomer. Outline in paragraph form: the country of origin, key influences (if any), major contributions to astronomical knowledge, and any other interesting facts about this person. If you need any diagrams you may include them as well. Use APA referencing. Include all references (3 minimum) in alphabetical order under biography section of poster. SES4U Grade 12 Earth and Space – University Unit: Astronomy Rubric for Astronomy Wanted Poster Appearance (Communication) Size matches Attractiveness “Wanted” somewhere on poster Diagrams (hand drawn) Picture of “Perp” Total: Information (Level – Application) Level 4 Information is correct and highly informative, major contributions well described. Biography (Level – Application) Level 4 Proper format and length. Highly accurate summary and provides very interesting background and personal information /1 /5 /1 /2 /1 /10 Level 3 Information is correct and informative, major contributions well described. /20 Level 2 Information is correct and somewhat informative, major contributions mostly described. /20 Level 3 Level 2 Proper format Somewhat and length. proper format Accurate and length. summary and Somewhat provides Accurate interesting summary and background and provides some personal background and information personal information Communication (Level – Communication) - no spelling mistakes - no grammatical answers - References included and in APA format - Biography interesting. TOTAL : /10 /60 Level 1 Information is somewhat correct and lacks details, major contributions barely described. Level 1 Barely proper format and length. Summary has some factual errors and provides little interesting background and personal information