Guidelines for Submitting Term Project Outline

ASTR 106 Astronomy

Required:

Submission should be received by the posted deadline, and should be in a .pdf or MS word file.

An outline describing what you intending to discuss in your project. Depending on the topic and format of your project this could be, but is not limited to:

4 or 5 main points you will be explaining in greater detail than a 1^st year textbook2 or 3 questions you are trying to answer about a topic (this is a good option if you are writing an essay, having questions that you pose and try to answer ayou a natural way to write an essay)

Short description of a calculation you will be performing, or simulation you will be running.List of 3 – 7 references you have used and will be using

These must include sources other than your textbook

Wikipedia is not a reference/source (but please do feel free to use Wikipedia as a starting point to find more information)

There is no required format for including references, but please be consistent and include all relevant information

Name of book/article/other source

Name of author

Name of journal, publisher, etc. (if applicable)

Publication date

If source is online include when you accessed this information, and a functioning link that can be used

Suggestions:Make sure that you are spending an appropriate amount of time on your outline. This should be where you are doing the bulk of your research and work on your term project.

If you are having difficulties, please contact me early as I cannot provide much help if you are contacting me within a few days of the submission deadline. It will take time for me to look through resources and find information relevant to your individual topics.

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