Links and Student Procedures

Famous Comets

Links and Student Procedures

Decide which team member will perform each of the following roles:

RECORDER: Records the results of the team's research.
COMPUTER OPERATOR: Uses the computer to navigate the internet.
LITERARY SUPERVISOR: Records team's input for the story.
REPORTER: Presents the team's story to the class.

Next, Name your team's comet:_____________________

Using the Internet, answer as many of the following questions as possible. Have the recorder gather data.

Note: Copy, and paste this to an MS Word document.

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Links to Comets:

Comet Observation Home Page

Houston Comets

Education Comet Links

STARDUST

Comets, Ateroids, and Meteors

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* When was the comet discovered?
* Who discovered the comet? What country was the dicovery from? Is the discoverer a professional or amateur
astronomer?
* What makes this comet unique?
* How long is the comet's period?
* How did you determine the comet's period?
* Have any major events in history happened when the comet
has appeared? What were they?
* How did this comet change the way astronomers think about
comets or the Solar System? How did technology change the
way we think about comets?
* Print out a picture fo the comet. Label its coma, gas tail, dust tail, and nucleus.


	*Collaboration, team work, effective effort*