Alex Wise

Mr. Schurtz
English 12 AP Period 1
4 March 2010

Astronomy: Mysteries of the

Heavens
 UFO’s
Asteroids

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Holes
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Solar Storm es
Universal Trends
SOLAR WIND
 UFO’s and Alien life
• Roswell and other examples

• Sightings

• Stories

• Government regulation and hidden

conspiracies
Alien Life
 Major Contributors
• Mayans
• Galileo
• 1st Telescope Maker
• Other minor contributors
Galileo
 Doomsday 2012

Solar Occurrences Mayan Calendar

PENN UNIVERSITY
Radioactivity of Rocks
 Ideas for Class Activity
• 1) Watch a History channel episode
• 2) Play a game
• 3) Do a hands on activity
 Citations
• Finley, Michael John. “Mayan Astronomy.” Maya Sky Watchers.
N.p., May 2002. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.
<http://members.shaw.ca/‌mjfinley/‌astronomers.html>.
• Hartmann, William K. The Great Solar System. N.p.: Astronomy
1st, 1998. Print. 8.
• Jenkins, Dawn, and Michiel Berger. “Maya Astronomy.” The
Maya Astronomy Page. Cuyahoga Astronomical Association, 3
Feb. 1995. Web. 3 Mar. 2010. <http://www.michielb.nl/‌maya/>.
• Knocke, Melanie Melton. From blue moons to black holes: a
basic guide to astronomy, outer space, and space exploration.
Amherst: Prometheus Books, 2005. Print.
• Levinger, Elma Ehrlich. Galileo: first observer of marvelous
things. New York: Messner, 1952. Print.
 Citations
• “Lunar Eclipse.” Discoveries and Breakthroughs. N.p., n.d.
Web. 4 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.aip.org/‌dbis/‌stories/‌2007/‌images/‌17086Lunar
Eclipse.jpg>.
• “The Roswell /‌UFO CoverUp: Why?” Coverups.com. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.
<http://www.coverups.com/‌roswell/‌coverup.htm>.
• Sagel, and Kranefeld. We Are Not Alone. N.p., n.d. Web. 4
Mar. 2010.
<http://farm4.static.flickr.com/‌3565/‌3354941978_3dcba09c
86.jpg>.
• “UFO Case Report.” UFO Evidence. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Mar.
2010. <http://www.ufoevidence.org/‌cases/‌case491.htm>.