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Physics 2900: Possible topics for html presentation (due Dec. 6, 2000)
Your presentation should consist of images taken from the Web and your own description of the underlying science concepts. The presentation must be at least 8 Web pages long. You must use raw html, NOT Webpage builders such as FrontPage (the class voted on this on 11/28). The presentation should be on your personal website pages and should be linked together but do not have to be linked from your home page if you wish to keep it private.
Include all source material references and your own image processing information in the html source version, which will be part of your graded project. (You may put this information on a Web page if you wish.
Grading will be based 50% on the quality and clarity of your presentation and 50% on the knowledge of science shown and the communication of science ideas. You MUST address the questions below if you have chosen one of those topics. Try to include images, data visualization and diagrams, as you did in the Powerpoint presentation earlier.
Notes on Grading for PowerPoint Presentation
50) Non-science part of grade:
25) Look and legibility of presentation (must be done in RAW html, WITHOUT Website building software):
10) Quality and choice of multimedia. Appropriateness of any image processing you may have done (or should have done).
5) Special effects and navigation (if any):
10) Describe in notes for each page how you have processed the images, where the information came from (URLs), any other "meta-remarks."
50) Science part of grade:
30) Overall science insight and clarity. I f one of topics specifically listed below you MUST answer all of the questions given.
20) Used your own words and gave simple explanations, free of lingo and without any undefined scientific jargon.
TOPICS
· MAPS OF CHAOS. Chaos for the masses. What are chaos maps, what is chaos theory and what are the important practical applications of these ideas?
· MAPS OF THE HUMAN BODY. More than skin deep. How do CAT-scans and X-rays work and what have they done to improve health care. What are the advantages of the visible human database?
· MAPS OF CLIMATE. Too hot to touch? Is the Earth warming due to man-made greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and will it be too late to do anything about it? What are global circulation models and what is paleoclimate visualization. Why does warming matter?
· MAPS OF EARTH’S INSIDE. Down under. What is seismic tomography and what has it taught us about Earth’s crust and interior? Why is this important?
· MAPS OF ATOMS ON SURFACES OF MATERIALS. How to see and move atoms. How does the scanning tunneling microscope work and why is it important? What are the applications of being able to see and move atoms. Nanotechnology? Possible DNA sequencing?
· MAPS OF CRYSTALS AND MOLECULES. Using wave interference to see the invisible. How does X-ray crystallography allow us to see the structure of crystals and molecules and why is this important.
· MAP OF THE HUMAN GENOME. The ultimate code - the code for us. What is the genetic code and what is the human genome project? What are the implications for mankind’s well-being and future evolution?
· TOPIC BASED ON ANY UNASSIGNED CHAPTER IN HALL
· VISUAL PROCESSING OF IMAGES. Edge enhancement and lateral inhibition, color and lightness perception, persistence of vision, etc. OR stereo processing and virtual reality.
Physics 2900: Animation Project (due Nov. 29, 2000)
Use the CD-ROM Visualization of Natural Phenomena during lab to select three scientific animations which are related to your reading in Mapping the Next Millennium and one which is not. Write a half page about each (in your own words) explaining the following:
· How does the animation relate to your reading in Hall (which Chapter and in what way)? [Except for animation not related to reading]
· What does the animation reveal technically that a still image could not?
· How was the animation made?
Identify each animation by name and by its CO-ORDINATES on the grid in the CD_ROM thumbnail directory (e.g., 2.11)Iden