Web Info

Web Info to help you with your web project

The project will be in the form of a web page on a topic in physics that you find interesting and we agree on together. These topics could include biographies of important scientists, scientific projects and scientific ideas. They will be graded both for presentation and content. More details will be discussed in class. Below are some of the requirements and ideas to help you with the project.

Requirements

Make sure you have multiple references that you have used (at least 5) and they are included in the bibliography.

At least one of your references must be for a source other then the web (ie a book or journal).

All figures taken from outside sources (the web or books or journals) must have a citation included with the picture!

Think about the readability of the pages.

Length should be 4-10 "web pages" (plus title page and bibliography)...though this is not a hard and fast rule.

Content and presentation will be graded.

Some of your classmates have knowledge on how set up/ format your pages, they might agree to help you if asked nicely :)

Note: You should have all the materials together before you ask them for assistance.

Some things to keep in mind

Organization:

Title page with your name, class name, date and link to the rest of the material (at least) ( mandatory)
body
bibliography (mandatory)

Readability:

Multiple pages rather then one long one
Pictures put in format that downloads quickly (ie not huge file sizes)
Backgrounds that do not obscure the text
SPELL CHECK
Think about flow of ideas
Nice formatting is good ...over use of formatting (many colors, flashing words etc can be distracting)

Content presentation

Organize your ideas (outline and or flowchart)
What is you main point?
Simple understandable explanations (try them out on someone who does not know what you are talking about....do they understand your points...if not try again)
Good figures/pictures are worth thousands of words
Be critical (ie understand and state the weaknesses in your topic or explanation (ie was the cow assumed to be spherical?)

Collecting content

Don't use spaces or funny characters in your file names
Put all your files in one directory (this is to make sure relative addressing works) and name it firstname_lastname (using your first and last name!)
Give your first page an obvious name (like firstpage.html or intro.html or slide1.html) or tell me which is the first page so I do not need to look through them all.
If you use the world wide web as an information source, do so critically. While there is much good information available there is also tons of bad information out there. Just because it's in writing does not mean it's true. So think about what you read.
Just as reporters do, try to have more then one source (actually, for me you must have at least five sources).
Remember to put the content in your own words...if you do not put it in your own words it is a quote...if you do not treat it as a quote it is plagiarism and that is a big no no.
As you collect your information, write down the sources as you go ...otherwise you will forget and re finding the source might not be easy.

When you have finished - Getting your project to me (NEW)

First check your project with your own web browser
Include in your email at least the following 3 lines. The first line should have your name, the second line should have your project title and the third line should have the name of your first page (your home page or index page).
- for example

David Newman
Physics of Plasma Torches
homepage.htm

Compress the entire directory(folder) containing your project which you named firstname_lastname (if possible use zip or gzip for the compression)
It will now have the name firstname_lastname.zip (or something like that)
Now you will either