Need helping comming up with an Astronomy Project - Its open to anything ?

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The thread discusses ideas for a creative astronomy project that is open-ended, allowing for a wide range of topics and formats. Participants suggest various approaches, from models to demonstrations, reflecting on the need for creativity in the project.

Discussion Character

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant suggests creating a working scale model of the solar system to illustrate planetary orbits, questioning its creativity.
  • Another proposes exploring the topic of living in space, mentioning a demonstration involving the wobble of stars due to orbiting planets, though expressing concern about its relevance to human biology.
  • A different participant raises the idea of investigating the composition of dark matter as a project topic.
  • Another suggestion involves demonstrating the expansion of the universe by using a balloon to show galaxies moving away from each other.
  • One participant expresses frustration about the original poster's lack of follow-up in the discussion.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants present multiple competing ideas for the project, and there is no consensus on a single approach. The discussion remains open-ended with various suggestions being explored.

Contextual Notes

Some suggestions may depend on the specific criteria for creativity set by the instructor, which are not fully detailed in the discussion.

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Students looking for creative project ideas in astronomy, educators seeking inspiration for open-ended assignments, and individuals interested in innovative approaches to scientific topics.

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Need helping coming up with an Astronomy Project - Its open to anything ?

Hey guys,

Man this year in a certain Astronomy Class, our year end project is not on something specific, its wide open.

Anything to do with astronomy: Like, a poster on something certain, but our instructor insisted that we do something creative.

People in the past have built things, done movies, interpreted dance lol, all kinds of stuff.

I want to so something unique. Hoping some of you guys can give me some cool ideas!

Thanks, appreciate it!

Again ANYTHING to do with astronomy!
 
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Make a working scale model of the solar system showing all the orbits of the planets. Now I bet no ones done that for the class before if their 'creativity' leads to dance.

Don't know if it meets the criteria for creative though.
 


Living in space is a very interesting topic. You could dress up, wrap food in foil etc.Might be too much about human biology though.

I did watch a lecturer years ago demonstrate the wobble seen by stars with planets by holding hands with a much larger person and both spinning round. Might be hard to bulk this out and remain creative.
 


Maybe you could figure out what dark matter is made of.
 


nukeman said:
Hey guys,

Man this year in a certain Astronomy Class, our year end project is not on something specific, its wide open.

Anything to do with astronomy: Like, a poster on something certain, but our instructor insisted that we do something creative.

People in the past have built things, done movies, interpreted dance lol, all kinds of stuff.

I want to so something unique. Hoping some of you guys can give me some cool ideas!

Thanks, appreciate it!

Again ANYTHING to do with astronomy!

So what level is this - is it a high school class, nukeman?
 


Show galaxies moving away from each other (expansion of universe) by inflation of a balloon.
 


This is pointless.

The OP hasn't been back here since Feb 8 at 3:37 - 4 minutes after the post was made.
 

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