Writing Your Response:
“Current Events Conversations” are slightly less formal than your Group Debates. Students still need to use proper grammar and writing techniques. Responses should be complete, well thought out, and presented in a logical manner.
A minimum of two paragraphs are required for this initial posting.
You are not required to support your post with references, but you are encouraged to include images, graphics, links to videos, and so on to create a more dynamic submission.
Topic of Conversation: Choose Your Own Astronomy Documentary!
Pick your own astronomy video or documentary based on your interest!
Select a video about a topic in astronomy that interests you from the following YouTube playlists. Please note that your video MUST BE AT LEAST 45 MINUTES LONG in order to qualify for this discussion board post.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDzuONCrrSgp6SBzW-g5DoG4cVqcCXHgp (Links to an external site.)
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In your initial two paragraph post, comment on the following questions:
Give us a short summary of what this movie/documentary is about and the topics that are covered.
What did you learn about in this movie/documentary that is new information to you? Please comment on 3-5 things that you learned for the first time. If you learned nothing new, what 3-5 things do you think your movie/episode did a good job of depicting?
After watching this movie/documentary, what questions do you have that you would like to learn more about? Please comment on 3-5 things that you now are curious about in astronomy. If you are not curious about anything else, what 3-5 things do you think your movie/episode was weak in portraying?
Do you normally watch science programming? Why or why not? What is it about science programming that you like or dislike? Would you recommend this video to anyone else?
