S.T.E.P. 2008-2009

S.T.E.P. 2008-2009 (Astronomy)

S.T.E.P. (Science Thematic Enrichment Program) will be held on Monday evening, February 23.

You will present your project on S.T.E.P. night. The following guidelines for your project must be followed:
1. must be consistent with the class theme
2. must include library research
3. must include an experiment with experimentally collected data (cannot be just a library research project)
4. must include a written paper (5 pages in length) with a bibliography
must include a poster board which will provide an overview of your project and results and be displayed during S.T.E.P. night

Main Theme: Astronomy (I know it is general-this allows your group to basically choose
anything within astronomy)

To stay on task, the following time-line should be followed.

Topic Due Date

Class theme October 30

STEP groups November 3

Project ideas from each group November 11

Initial Project Bibliography November 26

Initial Experimental Design December 1

All Experimental Work Must be Completed December 1-January 30

Experimental Results Due February 2

Final 5 page paper (with bibliography) Due February 2

Poster Boards Completed February 9

Judging February 13

S.T.E.P. Night February 23