Solar System Report
Write a two (2) page report on your chosen topic.
Research your topic; use books, encyclopedias, your textbook, the internet, magazines, or anything else that you find to be useful.
Include diagrams, drawings, or pictures (VISUAL AIDS) - at least one is required.
Put a bibliography on the last page of your report.
Cover it neatly.
Present it to the class. (Be prepared, practice,
know what you are talking about.)
The suggestions above are just that - some suggestions. Include
them in you report, but you must do more than simply answer those questions.
In listening to you present your report, the class should acquire an understanding
of a part of the solar system.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
*Double-space all entries.
*Use hanging indent paragraph style (align the
first line with the left margin, and indent all subsequent lines
three spaces from
the left margin).
*Type all authors’ names with the last name first,
separated by a comma.
*Use italics or underlines for the titles of
books and periodicals.
* Do not underline or use quotation marks around
the titles of periodical articles.
* Give the full names of publishers, excluding
“Co.,” “Inc.,” and the like.
* Use the abbreviation “p.” or “pp.” before page
numbers in books, magazines, and newspapers,
but not
for scholarly journals.
* Separate each portion of each bibliography
entry with a period followed by two spaces.
A book with one author
Josephson, M. (1959). Edison: A Biography.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book.
A book with two or more authors
Cole, B. & Gealt, A. (1989).
Art of The Western World: From Ancient Greece to Post-Modernism.
New York:
Summit Books.
World Wide Web
Author. Title of Item. Available
http://address/filename, date of document or download.
Example
DiStefana, Vince. Guidelines for better
writing. Available http://www.usa. net/ vinced /
home.html, January 1,
2000.
Computer software
Microsoft Works for Windows 95 (1995).
[Computer program]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft.
Information from an electronic encyclopedia
“Name of article”. Name of company
and encyclopedia. Copyright date and name of corporation.
Example
“Panda”, Microsoft Encarta. (1994)
Microsoft Corporation.
A signed article in a reference book
Author’s last name, first name. “Name of
the article”. Name of the encyclopedia, underlined.
Place of publication:
Publisher, Copyright, date.
Example
Tobias, Richard. “Pandas”. World
Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book Inc., 1994.
(Unsigned)
“Pandas”. World Book Encyclopedia.
Chicago: World Book, Inc, 1994.
A signed article in a magazine
Beardsley, T. (1994). For Whom the Bell
Curve Really Tolls. Scientific American, January 1995, Volume 272,
Number 1, pp.
14-17.
A signed article in a daily newspaper
Moore, M. (1994, December 27). Speculation
Irks Flores. Journal American, Section D, p. 1.
An unsigned article
What Vietnam Did to Us. (1981, December
14). Newsweek, pp. 46-97.
A film or videotape
Hand, D. (Supervising Director) and Disney, W.
(Producer). (1937). Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
[Videotape]. Burbank,
CA: The Walt Disney Company.
Television or radio program
“The Health Care Question.” Frontline.
ABC. WBKB, Chicago. March 21, 1996.
Personal Interview
Powell, Colin. Personal interview. January
4, 1996.
