Section outline

  • We are continuing this week finishing our posters for the Famous Astronomers

    Learning Intention:  We are learning to find relevant information from a variety of texts and present it in our own words to create an informative poster.


    Task:

    Famous Astronomer Assignment


    You have been introduced to a number of famous astronomers and scientists from history.  These people have made huge discoveries about the planet and universe we live in.  Your mission is to choose one person from the list and design an informative poster.  It should tell the audience reading it that the following information


    1. What Discovery did that person make?

    2. What were the most important years of their work and findings and what were they?

    3. What culture-historical era was that person from?

    4. Why were they curious?

    5. Why is it important about the thing they discovered?

    6. What were the challenges they faced?

    7. Add a timeline to your poster of the important findings of this scientist/astronomer




    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING the developments used to observe or explore space to illustrate how our knowledge of the universe has evolved over time.