Download Alternative assignment: Due April 4th 2016 Research Paper over a

Alternative assignment: Due April 4th 2016
Research Paper over a discovery or breakthrough in PHYSICS.
Must be turned in as electronic copy through the turn-in drive. Must be completed as a word
document, 12pt font, double spaced. Each topic should be a separate paragraph with the
exception of the pictures. Every paragraph should be a minimum of 4 sentences. The conclusion
must be a minimum of 8 sentences. Any plagiarism will result in an automatic 0 for a test grade.
If you are using direct quotes you must cite where they are being used from. Resources must be
done in MLA format and will be at the end of the research paper on a separate page. Paper will
be a minimum of 3 pages (not counting the pictures, the cover page, or the citations page) with
standard page format. (No changing of margins)
Must include:
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Cover page including your name, title of paper, teacher name, period, course
title, date turned in. – 10 points
Introduction to discovery (Who, what, why, when, where) – 10 points
Name of discoverer, Birth place, Background, Education, etc. – 10 points
Description of how discovery was made (Experiment? Research?) – 10 points
Major formulas, equipment, facilities, and resources used – 10 points
Include minimum of 2 pictures. (Discoverer, discovery, etc.) – 10 points
Length of research, other parties involved, possible costs, etc. – 10 points
Conclusion on discovery and its benefits to society – 20 points
Resource page in MLA format – 10 points
Topic suggestions (or choose your own):
Copernicus’ development of his model of the solar system, Kepler’s Laws of Planetary
Motion, Galileo’s discoveries with his telescope, Galileo’s discoveries about gravity,
Newton’s discovery of the laws of motion, Young’s double slit experiment, Faraday’s
work on electromagnetism, Thomson’s discovery of the electron, Röntgen’ work with
X-rays, Einstein’s discovery of the photoelectric effect, Einstein’s development of the
special and general theories of relativity, Rutherford’s discovery of the proton, Hubble’s
discovery that the universe is expanding, the development of the atomic bomb, Penzias
and Wilson’s discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation, Binnig’s invention of
the scanning tunneling microscope.