Telescopes

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**Works Cited** **Sources** : Include the source information for all of the magazine articles, reference sources (encyclopedias) and web site pages that were used to complete your project. The source information for encyclopedias may be found at the end or beginning of each entry in iCONN. When using periodicals, the publication information will be at the beginning or end of the article. This needs to be formatted for MLA standards. If it is not labeled 'Source Citation' it can be formatted appropriately by using EasyBib.com. You should use EasyBib for the web sites. The final Works Cited should be listed in alphabetical order by the first word of the source citation.


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"Milky Way." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. "The Milky Way." //WMAP's Universe//. NASA, 28 June 2010. Web. 06 Mar. 2012. . Vergano, Dan. "Galaxy Bracketed by Big Bubbles." //USA Today// 10 Nov. 2010: 05A. Web. 6 Mar. 2012.

>> **Galileo: "all truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.".** INVENTOR SCIENTIST > **Full Text:** COPYRIGHT 2011 Carus Publishing Co.
 * Your Source List:**
 * 1) "Galileo." //Kids InfoBits//. Thomson Gale, 2005. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []
 * 2) Galileo." //The Blackbirch Encyclopedia of Science & Invention//. 4 vols. Blackbirch Press, 2001. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []
 * 3) "Galileo." //The Columbia Encyclopedia//, 6th ed. Columbia University Press, 2000. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []
 * 4) **//Calliope//**, Jan 2011 v21 i4 p34(1)

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**Topic: Research Focus**
 * What is your topic? Galileo Galilei**
 * State the focus of your research: Galileo's many inventions and observations**

**Notes** ==== Include notes, statistics and facts that you will use to write your final paper. You may want to label sections of your notes to help you be more organized as you write. As you take notes from a source, you should list the source citation in the Works Cited section above. ====
 * In 1609 he built one of the first telescopes that was strong enough to observe the sky. He observed that the moon was not smooth but had an uneven surface.
 * He wrote an equation to describe how bodies of unequal weight fall at the same speed.
 * Galileo also saw that Jupiter had four large moons around it. This made him believe that the planets revolved around the sun. At that time, most people believed that all planets and stars, including the sun, revolved around Earth.
 * He constructed the first of his many telescopes
 * He became the first person to use this instrument to make astronomical discoveries.
 * Galileo builds his first telescope.
 * Galileo is credited with being the first person to practice a procedure now called the scientific method.
 * He observed and studied the oval shape of Saturn
 * the limitations of his telescope prevented the resolving of Saturn's rings
 * Galileo Galilei unlocked some of nature's secrets through the use of seemingly simple inventions--among them and the pendulum.
 * Galileo Galilei--better known as Galileo--was a physicist and an astronomer