Thursday, September 5th: New Evidence Suggests the Sun Will Not Become a Planetary Nebula
Read this article and answer:
1) What was the prior belief regarding the sun's life cycle?
2) What does the new evidence suggest?
3) What impact does this evidence have on our understanding of the sun's future?
4) Explain the relationship between gravity and fusion that keeps our sun in its current state.
5) What do you find most fascinating about solar science?
1) What was the prior belief regarding the sun's life cycle?
2) What does the new evidence suggest?
3) What impact does this evidence have on our understanding of the sun's future?
4) Explain the relationship between gravity and fusion that keeps our sun in its current state.
5) What do you find most fascinating about solar science?
Friday, August 30th: EXPLORE NPR
Blog Assignment #1: Exploring NPR
-visit NPR's news page (you can find the link on this site's home page) and select ANY news article
-read the article and answer the following questions:
1) Why is this considered news? What is "new" about it?
2) Who are the important people mentioned in the article?
3) Why should we care about this issue?
In addition, you must:
-provide a link for the news article
-give your blog post a title that states: Blog Article #1: Exploring NPR (insert your topic here)
-write in complete sentences and use purple words where applicable
-have fun with it! Feel free to include photos or videos, if they apply
-visit NPR's news page (you can find the link on this site's home page) and select ANY news article
-read the article and answer the following questions:
1) Why is this considered news? What is "new" about it?
2) Who are the important people mentioned in the article?
3) Why should we care about this issue?
In addition, you must:
-provide a link for the news article
-give your blog post a title that states: Blog Article #1: Exploring NPR (insert your topic here)
-write in complete sentences and use purple words where applicable
-have fun with it! Feel free to include photos or videos, if they apply