Research Question:
What evidence is there to support that Earth was formed by an explosion that happened in outer space?
Precise Claim:
Evidence shows Earth was formed due to a large explosion in outer space.
Reasons/Blueprint:
Scientists have continued to find evidence to support this theory. There have been math equations to prove this theory; to prove space is expanding.
Draft Thesis Statement:
There are two main theories on how the world was created: Intelligent design and the big bang, however scientific evidence continues to show that the Big Bang is the most promising theory on how our universe came to be.
Monday, November 9, 2009
RJA #9: Evaluation of Sources
Looking at all of my sources, I find that some of the most useful ones include videos I found at Videosurf.com (search documentaries on the big bang theory.) I find this helpful because There are many scientists and astrophysicists talking about it who know a lot about the theory.
Umich.edu is another valuable and useful source.It is a large article written by scientists (with references of many other scientists and relavant books.)
There is a book I am looking at reading call "The Big Bang" by Paul Fleisher that has tons of good information on how they came about the theory of the big bang, and why they feel it is a reliable source of how the world began.
There is a periodical article at http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/big-bang_theory.aspx that too has reliable sources to use for my paper.
A text in http://ssscott.tripod.com/BigBang.html is useful. There are pictures and diagrams and many sources of information supported by some respected scientists. What I have read appears to be relavant and reliable.
The other resource I found most useful is called All About Science. This article i found at http://www.big-bang-theory.com/ The sources that created this article were all non-fiction books, and documentaries on my subject. The article is not that long, but breaks the theory down by it's main points.
I have many other sources I will be looking at when writing my paper, which you can find in my blog. however, these were the sources i found to be the best.
Umich.edu is another valuable and useful source.It is a large article written by scientists (with references of many other scientists and relavant books.)
There is a book I am looking at reading call "The Big Bang" by Paul Fleisher that has tons of good information on how they came about the theory of the big bang, and why they feel it is a reliable source of how the world began.
There is a periodical article at http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/big-bang_theory.aspx that too has reliable sources to use for my paper.
A text in http://ssscott.tripod.com/BigBang.html is useful. There are pictures and diagrams and many sources of information supported by some respected scientists. What I have read appears to be relavant and reliable.
The other resource I found most useful is called All About Science. This article i found at http://www.big-bang-theory.com/ The sources that created this article were all non-fiction books, and documentaries on my subject. The article is not that long, but breaks the theory down by it's main points.
I have many other sources I will be looking at when writing my paper, which you can find in my blog. however, these were the sources i found to be the best.
RJA #8c: Multimedia
I went to videosurf.com and searched "documentary on the big bang theory" and got 87 hits!! there are tons of videos on intelligent design vs. The big bang theory. This will be very useful!! I'm going to make a day to watch these videos. great site! Relavance on a scale of 1-5 would probably be a 5.
RJA #8b: Social Media
Using technorati.com, I found a really neat article. I got there by going to technorati.com, and searched "big bang theory."There were 22 hits (blogs having to do with my subject.) Honestly there were not a whole lot of blogs about the actual big bang. Some had to do with the tv show. Relevance would probably be a 2.5 and a 1-5 scale. I also went to addictomatic and tried many different stratagies. I tried "Big bang theory" Big Bang theory -cbs -episodes -charlie sheen, and I didn't find anything on it.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
RJA #8a: Websites
As a search engine, I used fazzle.com. I just simply typed in "big bang theory" and there were 14,800,000 hits. I found a new site I haven't seen for my topic before. it's an article on encarta.msn.com. The site is very helpful, and I will definately use it when writing my paper.
For multi search engines, i used info.com, and typed in Big Bang Theory -cbs -charlie sheen, and I found what I think is a very useful site through pbs.org. I bookmarked this in my delicious account. i also found a video that was rather interesting on youtube. Also using info.com, I came across an open letter to the scientific community. it wasn't too helpful, but there are some fun facts to use for my paper. I still posted it as a bookmark in my delicious account.
I went to the librians internet index to further search for information on my subject. I found a very interesting article I can use about a scientist who has a different theory on how the universe originated. Then I found a really neat webisite (http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/bb_home.html) which is about cosmology. there are different links you can click on for different brtanches of cosmology. it will be very useful.
I clicked on complete planet for invisible web search tools. However I really couldnt find any useful infor mation on my subject. With all of thease sites, I always go to science, then to astronomy, then to cosmology, and usually there are sites leading me to my subject, but this internet tool really didn't have much to offer me.
For multi search engines, i used info.com, and typed in Big Bang Theory -cbs -charlie sheen, and I found what I think is a very useful site through pbs.org. I bookmarked this in my delicious account. i also found a video that was rather interesting on youtube. Also using info.com, I came across an open letter to the scientific community. it wasn't too helpful, but there are some fun facts to use for my paper. I still posted it as a bookmark in my delicious account.
I went to the librians internet index to further search for information on my subject. I found a very interesting article I can use about a scientist who has a different theory on how the universe originated. Then I found a really neat webisite (http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/bb_home.html) which is about cosmology. there are different links you can click on for different brtanches of cosmology. it will be very useful.
I clicked on complete planet for invisible web search tools. However I really couldnt find any useful infor mation on my subject. With all of thease sites, I always go to science, then to astronomy, then to cosmology, and usually there are sites leading me to my subject, but this internet tool really didn't have much to offer me.
Monday, October 26, 2009
RJA #7c: Field Research Plan
For the field research portion of my project, there are one or possibly two people I am interviewing. One person, who's name I will keep annonomys, is very knowledgable on intelligent design. The other who I am not sure I will be able to get a hold of, is an astrophysist. The first person, i would ask how the world was created in seven days. What were the steps that were taken so told in the bible. What evidence is there to show this theory is believable. Were the seven days a 24-hour period such as our time now, or were they longer days or shorter?
Granted I get ahold of the astrophysist, I would ask him what evidence there is to support the big bang. What kind of scientific evidence keeps showing to continue to prove this theory? How can it be that a rock or an atom, or a cell can show so much about how the earth was formed this way? When was this theory thought up, and how did it come about?
I think i also Might look up different exhibits at the museum to see if there is anything on the Big Bang. If so, i plan to take a visit to the museum to see what information it has to offer to me for my project.
Granted I get ahold of the astrophysist, I would ask him what evidence there is to support the big bang. What kind of scientific evidence keeps showing to continue to prove this theory? How can it be that a rock or an atom, or a cell can show so much about how the earth was formed this way? When was this theory thought up, and how did it come about?
I think i also Might look up different exhibits at the museum to see if there is anything on the Big Bang. If so, i plan to take a visit to the museum to see what information it has to offer to me for my project.
RJA #7b: Internet Research Tool Test
I was assigned to learn about metacca.com. The first thing I did was simply research "Big bang theory" In the "Search" line. The T.v. show always comes up when I search for the Big Bang Theory, so I have to change my search a bit. I went to advanced search and typed ""Big Bang Theory", -cbs -charlie -sheen -tv show +Big +Bang+ theory." When i clicked "search" this time, I had great results for my topic.
key words for this topic are "big" and "bang" i have learned that anytime I am searching for this subject, I always have to use my operators to better guide me to what I am looking for. if I only search "Big Bang Theory" I end up with a lot of sites that have to do with the television show starring Charlie Sheen.
I like this site, because it hits a lot of popular sites that I search at once. (I.e. Google, Yahoo)
I started Exploring Metacca.com, and There is an "Images" button to search. I typed in "Crop circles" and when I hit search, a lot of pictures with crop circles came up.
So then I got curious and exited out of the site and went back into it. I re-typed in "cropcircles" in the search key when it was set to web. Tons of site came up on crop circles. So then without typing anything, I clicked "images" and the images of crop cirlces came up. Then I hit "news" and articles came up, and so on and so forth. There were even videos of weird paranormal activity regarding crop circles.
key words for this topic are "big" and "bang" i have learned that anytime I am searching for this subject, I always have to use my operators to better guide me to what I am looking for. if I only search "Big Bang Theory" I end up with a lot of sites that have to do with the television show starring Charlie Sheen.
I like this site, because it hits a lot of popular sites that I search at once. (I.e. Google, Yahoo)
I started Exploring Metacca.com, and There is an "Images" button to search. I typed in "Crop circles" and when I hit search, a lot of pictures with crop circles came up.
So then I got curious and exited out of the site and went back into it. I re-typed in "cropcircles" in the search key when it was set to web. Tons of site came up on crop circles. So then without typing anything, I clicked "images" and the images of crop cirlces came up. Then I hit "news" and articles came up, and so on and so forth. There were even videos of weird paranormal activity regarding crop circles.
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