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