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Astronomy Wonder Project

Reflection

1. The questions I needed to research were:  Why are some days on some planets longer than others?  How does rotation speed affect days? and what controls rotation speed?
2. I tried using the library sources such as Gale.  I couldn’t find any information that directly helped me answer my question.  But while using google, I was able to find resources that are run by NASA and scientists who specialize in the field.
3. I first searched the length of days on different planets and found that along with the two forms of days.  I then researched how the times are different and what affects it and found a lot of information which lead me to rotation speed.  From there, I was able to find how the speeds on the planets are different and how it all come from when the planets were first forming.
4. I looked at what kind of site it was and who wrote that article.  I used sites that were powered by NASA and ones that had answers from real scientists in astronomy and physics.
5. Overall the process of my project went very smooth.  At first I was searching to broad and couldn’t find what I needed but I realized that I needed to focus on one thing at a time and after that I was able to collect useful information that worked really well for my project.  Something I could have done better would be to try and make more “mini” questions that branch off the main one and answer those along the way of answering the big one.