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<h3>Assignment: Choose a planet, dwarf planet, asteroid, or moon and research it. You will be preparing a presentation to the audience of your choice.</h3>
 
Pick an audience: 
Audience #1: Private Investors (Venture Capitalist) 
You're trying to get money to start a (space resort or mining operation) on your (planet, dwarf planet, asteroid or moon). Convince investors that your project is worth investing in. 
Audience #2: NASA 
Your job is to convince NASA that your (planet, dwarf planet, asteroid, or moon) should be the next destination for space exploration and investigation. 
 
<h3>Class Internet Resource List:</h3>
 Thank you to Mr. Hessel's class for suggesting the following websites for use in this project: 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of Tennessee Astronomy and Physics Department</a> 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://nineplanets.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nine Planets</a> 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Science Daily</a> 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.extremescience.com/zoom/index.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Extreme Science</a> 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.nasm.si.edu/etp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Exploring the Planets</a> 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/space/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York Times</a> 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science_and_environment/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BBC</a> 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://kidscosmos.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kid's Cosmos</a> 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.space.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Space</a> 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://nineplanets.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nine Planets</a> 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Solar System Exploration by Nasa</a> 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center</a> 
 
 
Mrs. McGuire also recommends: 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nasa</a> (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">National Geographic</a> 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.scirus.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scirus</a> A search engine that searches over 300 million science specific webpages. 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.ipl.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Internet Public Library (IPL</a>) - A searchable, subject-categorized directory of authoritative websites. 
 
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Thank you 
 
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