Introduction

You are playing the role of Nicolaus Copernicus.

Develop a website where you persuasively put forward your theory that the earth revolves around the Sun.

You are free to use drawings and animations to help you prove your point.

The Task

Develop a website where you (as Nicolaus Copernicus) persuasively put forward your theory that the earth revolves around the Sun.

The Process and Resources

Your website must include the following:

• Include a short bio about yourself (ending around 5 years before your death).
• Have a form where people can send you email.
• Prove that you applied scientific habits of mind and scientific methods to come up with your theories.
• A threaded discussion forum. You must start at least threads about different topics yourself.

  Everyone in class should make add least one posting to this discussion forum. To make this discussion interesting and realistic, everyone does not have to agree with you views.

• Voting functionality / polls

  Your website visitors should have the ablility to vote on at least 3 controversial issues on your website.

Reference websites for Nicolaus Copernicus

• biography of Nicolaus Copernicus from the Catholic encyclopedia
• Nicolas Copernicus Biography
• Copernican System - The Galileo Project Rice University
• The Copernican Model: A Sun-Centered Solar System
• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Life Story Writing Tips - tips for writing a biography.

• Scripts for forms that can send email - from the Perl Archive
  
• Scripts for forms that can send email - from the Cgi Resource Index

• Survey and voting scripts from the Cgi Resource Index
• Scripts for polls and voting from Hotscripts

Go to WebQuest: Standards addressed / Conclusion / Evaluation

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