Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Solar System - Planet Project

Please use the following links to obtain information about the planets in our solar system

National Geographic

New World Encyclopedia

Nasa

Mars

Mercury

Earth

Neptune

Uranus

Saturn

Venus

Sunday, September 26, 2010

History of Aviation Project

You will complete a newsletter assignment using MS Publisher

To Complete this assignment you will choose any person, moment or machine from Aviation history and re-create a front page of an imaginary newspaper from that specific date.

Requirements:

Your newsletter must contain the following:
One page
Historically accurate date
Lead Story
Secondary Story
One photo per story
Two other graphics throughout the newsletter
Table of contents

Your newsletter should be formatted using the following guidelines:
Times New Roman, 12 point font
Single spaced paragraphs
Spelling and grammar will count
Your name will appear only at the top of each story as the author of the story

Use the following sources to help complete your project:

Gale Student Resources in Context -

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_li_lbhs?db=SUIC


Biography Resource Center -

Aviation History - Online Museum

Century of Flight

HistoryNet - Aviation

HistoryCentral - Aviation

NASA


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Mrs. Filloramo - 12AP

Nickel and Dimed
- Lincoln-Douglas Style Debate Procedure

Instructions for Research

Each group must back up all claims with evidence. Some evidence must come from the book, other evidence must come from research. Each team must submit a minimum of 10 documented sources from online sources and/or textual sources. These sources must be formally cited on a Works Cited Page.
In addition, all team members must hand in a type written copy of their work.
All assignments must include parenthetical citations.

Please explore the following databases for information on this project:

Opposing Viewpoints

Gale Student Resources

Global Issues in Context

Biography Resource Center