15 Aug RULES FOR ALL EXTRA CREDIT PAPERS AND “MAKE-UP EXAM” PAP

RULES FOR ALL EXTRA CREDIT PAPERS AND “MAKE-UP EXAM” PAPERS:1. Topic Choice: Topics must be from the approved list found in this packet (next page). You cannotturn in a paper from another class.2. Quotations: In the body of any paper, you must include at least two direct quotations of material fromthe sources in your bibliography. Use quotation marks or indenting to indicate clearly that these arequotations. You may use any format for citing from the sources.3. Sources and Sources Page: You must uses at least three sources other than your official class texts. Youcan use those too. List all sources on a sources page, which does not count toward the total number of pagesrequired for this paper. You may use any format for listing your sources.4. Length of Papers: Must be at least four pages of paragraph-form text (pictures/tables/lists etc. don’tcount) It is OK to leave some blank space on 1ST and 4TH pages but, combined, those two pages should addto at least one full page of text.5. Typing Style: All papers must be typed, double-spaced, no fonts larger than 12, no margins greaterthan 1 inch.6. Copying from Sources: Do not copy groups of sentences off a web site or out of a book or other sourceto compose your paper except in places where you put the material in quotes and cite a source. Your papermust be an original paper written by yourself. All sources must be listed (cited) on your sources page. Youshall not submit a paper that was not written in bulk by you for this class or which you already used forcredit in another class. The instructor reserves the right to give no credit to a paper found to be in substantialviolation of these rules. The school allows additional penalties and disciplinary action for a student who iscaught in violation of the school’s rules on plagiarism and cheating. I can easily track down papers copiedoff the Internet using Meta-Search techniques and turnitin.comExtra Credit Topics List for Extra Credit #1 Paper (EC#1):Compare the Moon to MercuryCompare Mars to VenusCompare Asteroids to CometsCompare Ceres to Pluto and Eris (all are “dwarf planets”)Discuss the discoveries of Johannes Kepler and his life (at least half about his work on astronomy)Discuss the discoveries of Galileo and his life (at least half about his work on astronomy)Compare Io with Europa (2 of Jupiter’s moons)Compare Titan with Enceladus (2 of Saturn’s moons)The Methods and Results of Studies of ExoplanetsDiscuss the Doppler Effect and Its Uses in AstronomyPossibility of Life at Mars, Europa, and Elsewhere in the Solar System