EXTRA CREDIT TO MAXIMUM OF 10  PTS( Hand in to the Professor)  

In a nut shell these consists of  Museum Reports (see below) or Term Paper (see below) 

OR    Reports on Science on TV (see below) or Reports on Articles in the Sky and Telescope Magazine you pick up in the Laboratory or as assigned in class.

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A:>OBSERVING FORMS: EACH EXTRA OBSERVING FORM DONE FULLY AND CORRECTLY CAN BE WORTH 0.5 PTS ON YOUR FINAL AVERAGE.

NOTE: Please write your Name and Seat Number when submitting

Link to: OBSERVING REQUIREMENT: 

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 B. > Museum Report  Up to 5 extra credit points per field trip. you can take one or both of the suggested field trips  to the American Museum of Natural History.  ASK FOR STUDENT PRICES!!!

NOTE: Please write your Name and Seat Number when submitting

American Museum of Natural History Field Trips. (located on west 81 street and Central Park West) 

Trip I: Planetarium Field Trip Report.  TO THE HAYDEN PLANETARIUM in the museum: 

Trip II: General overview of life and our planet  at the museum.

Two trips to the museum are detailed in appendix A of the laboratory Manual and on the link below.  

You  have to answer the listed questions found at the next link. Talk to your instructor if you need further clarifications. 

Link to: Museum Trip Option(NOTE USE THE QUESTION HERE INSTEAD OF IN THE LABORATORY MANUAL FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE TRIP INFO)

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C:> Term Paper: a 10 page term paper whose FORMAT details are found in appendix of the laboratory manual and the link that follows should be handed in by the Final Exam can be worth 8 points

  LINK TO: Term Paper Option    HOW TO FORMAT OR SETUP THE PAPER HERE. 

  LINK TO: HOW TO WRITE A PAPER  see also this link on how to write a paper in any subject  successfully:

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D:  Additional Extra Credit tasks suggested in class are to be handed in within 2 weeks of the assignment thereafter they have no value!

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E: WATCH TV GET EXTRA CREDIT

A fun way of getting extra credit is to watch astronomy related programs that appear on educational stations. Writing a brief description or short paper on the program earns extra credit. The amount of points depends on the quality and quantitiy of work done.  I list some of the links you can explore in looking for Astronmy related programs and material.
ENJOY and LEARN!
 
You can get programs coming up for channel 13 and 21 Public stations from the following link
http://www.pbs.org/
 
A lot of Astronomy stuff on the Science channel 
http://science.discovery.com/     Mars is hot..so do a search on the channel for the red planet(mars)!
 
The national geographic channel and also the magzine site can be valuable for programs and ideas
links follow:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/
 
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
 
 
The History channel for ancient Astronomy
http://www.history.com/
 
The Military Channel: Related Space Science
http://military.discovery.com/
 
 
The discovery channel: a general resource
http://dsc.discovery.com/