Reach For The Stars
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Sheogorath
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Re: Reach For The Stars
I proctored this event last year and I have to suggest, if they're letting you bring a sheet of paper this year, bring one. The majority of teams didn't even bring any so utilize the help you can bring.
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2009 Events: Remote Sensing 3, Astronomy 2, Fossils 2, Sumobots 1, It's About Time 1, Chem Lab 2
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crabnebula143
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Re: Reach For The Stars
does anyone know any good websites to study from 
BC / Harriton High School
'We say we love flowers, yet we pluck them. We say we love trees, yet we cut them down. And people still wonder why some are afraid when told they are loved.'
'Having dined on their companions, they now lie at the center of the cluster, waiting for more food to arrive.'
'We say we love flowers, yet we pluck them. We say we love trees, yet we cut them down. And people still wonder why some are afraid when told they are loved.'
'Having dined on their companions, they now lie at the center of the cluster, waiting for more food to arrive.'
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Check the WIKI or soinc.org
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I like space.com
most of the stuff on there you probably don't need to know for the competition but in my state you do because everything space related is fair game. On space.com there is a night sky tab that is mostly on constellations. I find that pretty helpful.
Nice name by the way
most of the stuff on there you probably don't need to know for the competition but in my state you do because everything space related is fair game. On space.com there is a night sky tab that is mostly on constellations. I find that pretty helpful.
Nice name by the way
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Re: Reach For The Stars
RFS study sites:
http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/sowlist.html
http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/ Make your own star charts
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/sci__t ... stars.html
http://www.bramboroson.com/astro/apr1.html Starts at April 1 with H-R diagrams. Hit the next button for following lesson notes through May 1
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http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/sowlist.html
http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/ Make your own star charts
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/sci__t ... stars.html
http://www.bramboroson.com/astro/apr1.html Starts at April 1 with H-R diagrams. Hit the next button for following lesson notes through May 1
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crabnebula143
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Re: Reach For The Stars
thanks 
BC / Harriton High School
'We say we love flowers, yet we pluck them. We say we love trees, yet we cut them down. And people still wonder why some are afraid when told they are loved.'
'Having dined on their companions, they now lie at the center of the cluster, waiting for more food to arrive.'
'We say we love flowers, yet we pluck them. We say we love trees, yet we cut them down. And people still wonder why some are afraid when told they are loved.'
'Having dined on their companions, they now lie at the center of the cluster, waiting for more food to arrive.'
Re: Reach For The Stars
I love this event!
A tip: knowing some mythology and/or Latin can help you with the Constalations.
A tip: knowing some mythology and/or Latin can help you with the Constalations.
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eak227
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If you want a great tool for constellations, check out the Worldwide Telescope. It will give you tons of other information as well. Definitely worth the download, I promise.
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Valparaiso, Indiana SO Alumnus
Ben Franklin MS
Valparaiso HS
Harvard University 2012
Nationals: OSU '03, Juniata '04, Wichita State '07, George Washington '08 -- Team place: 22, 18, 11, 11
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crabnebula143
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Re: Reach For The Stars
does anyone know where to find good information about Wolf 359
I'm having a lot of trouble finding information (help
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I'm having a lot of trouble finding information (help
)....BC / Harriton High School
'We say we love flowers, yet we pluck them. We say we love trees, yet we cut them down. And people still wonder why some are afraid when told they are loved.'
'Having dined on their companions, they now lie at the center of the cluster, waiting for more food to arrive.'
'We say we love flowers, yet we pluck them. We say we love trees, yet we cut them down. And people still wonder why some are afraid when told they are loved.'
'Having dined on their companions, they now lie at the center of the cluster, waiting for more food to arrive.'
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http://scioly.org/phpBB3/posting.php?mode=quote&f=17&p=Pleiades wrote:You have a good memory. Congrats on your surprise victory!!
My test was also full of opinionated questions. A few of them started with "What do you think..." Another question that threw me off guard was What was Henrietta Leavitt famous for observing? When i read that question i had one of those ' wow i know the answer but it's not coming to me' moments. While i was in my next event which was Crave the Wave i remembered what the answer was. I hate it when that happens. I was just completely unprepared for that test. I studied what was mentioned in the rules - constellations, stars, stellar evolution that stuff and then once i took it i noticed that it was nothing like that and had to take it all based on stuff that i watched on the discovery channel and science channel. We ended up only getting 4 questions wrong and getting 3rd place
Is the test really hard? i have never done it before so i don't really know what kind of questions they have.
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