These sites have free websites with built in information on formatting and putting together a website including backgrounds to choose from and many more options.  Even the novice will find these sites useful and more importantly user friendly!!

• each person should look for an article and one website
• each person should write the annotated paragraph for the article she/he brings to the group

Then the topic can be divided between each person....

• who will do this physics explanation
• who explains how something works or what the issues are
• who will answer this question from the syllabus,... etc.

Write up your section in a word document and then bring the disc to the group meeting for incorporation into a website...

You will grade each other on:

• Participation
• Preparation/Contributions
• How well website knowledge is shared

 

REMEMBER,

Websites:

5 articles:  (25 points) You will collect 5 physics-in-the-news articles
throughout the semester from newspapers and magazines.  They should
all relate to a particular approved topic.  The articles should have been
written in the last 18 months or so i.e. be current events. There should
be no more than 1 from the same source (same magazine same issue).
These will be used as the basis for your group's website.  Write several
sentences describing the main thrust of each article creating an
annotated bibliography as well as a full citation for the website.
Articles you chose to write about should be long enough to provide the
information you need to answer the above questions; they should not
just be partial columns from a newspaper.  Look at popular science
journals like Omni, Scientific American, and similar sources for the
more in-depth articles.

Website Thrust: (75 points total) For the approved topic (first come first
to get the topic) that interests your group the most, you must create a
website which answers the following questions:

(1) What new ideas did these articles teach me about this physics &
society topic?
(2) How could this physical science be utilized by today’s society?  Or
How could this affect society?

Website Organization:

* Introduction:  General overview of the topic your group is researching
and introduction to the physics behind the topic.
* Discussion of Issues:  Discuss the issues brought out by these articles
and other references you have found.
* Answer to Questions 1 & 2:  Answer the questions above in detail,
providing additional resources for students to utilize for further reading
on the topic (provide links to at least 3 different websites other than
your own).
* Conclusion:  Create a summary of the information you have shared as
well as the conclusions you have drawn about how this issue affects
society.
**  Cite works you are referring to throughout the body of the text. **
* Annotated Bibliography:  List citations for your 5 basic articles along
with the brief description of each article and add citations for other
works utilized in writing the site.

   Your website grade will be based primarily on content (how well you
defend your positions, is your paper understandable, are you doing an
in-depth analysis or simply stating facts, are your statements concise
and to the point or rambling and difficult to follow, do you answer the 2
questions)  Realize that the grammar and prose of your writing (is your
project grammatically correct and well-written) are going to affect the
overall impression that the reader has of your assignment and will
indeed affect the grade you receive.

Feel free to be as creative as you wish when designing your website.

Website Groups:

 Groups for website projects will be formed by the instructor after the
first exam.  They will include at least one person with website-building
experience and that person will be the group leader.

Website Due Date:  Website URLs are due by 4 PM on:
 

Thursday, November 15, 2001