7-1-I-Search-Nada

= **Is the Moon real?** =

**by Nada**
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Ever since I've been in first grade I have always questioned the moon and it's possiblities of being real or not. I enjoy reading books a lot, so I had no problem searching for all possible books that a first grader can read to find out information on the moon. I asked my teachers every year on information that they might know about the moon. Of course all my teachers doubted that the moon was real, and so it was always up to me to find out more information on the moon. My teachers gave me all the information they know on the moon, but they never had any doubts on the moon, so they were not a really big help to me. As I grew older I learned how to research topics, and so in the body of my I-Search, I will explain all the research and help I've got and made.
 * Introduction**

For my I-Search, I used the internet, articles from the newspaper and magazines, to help me find out all the information I would need for my answering my topic question. I have also got help from my personal learning network, who lead me to getting books, and websites that help me with my topic. I have also skimmed the internet, for interviewers and people who have interviewed people who specialize on the moon.Many people have dedicated months or years of their life finding out information on the moon. For example so authors write books about moons that take months to find out with any proffesional help. Scientists have also spend years watching the moon and sending people there so that they can be able to explain it to us. I have looked for these such people who might help me with this, but so far I have not received any answers.
 * Search**

I think I am most probably one of the people who are curious about the moon. There are probably about a handful of people interested in the topic of the moon, but most of the times, they disagree with what I'm saying, because they are interested in something else like how the moon evolves the Earth, or how it makes tide, or how it goes through it's phases. I might have wondered about this some time ago, but now I am trying to be more specific on what I am talking about so people will understand what my topic is. I have conducted my I-search and so far it is going fine. I refresh my memory on what I already know, and I learn knew things with every new idea and information I read or hear about the moon. After days of searching, books talking about my topic had not gone well. I only had articles from the newspaper and the internet to help me with my I-Search. For my interview, I was planning on interviewing someone who specializes in the moon, but since I could not reach anyone of that sort, I have decided to interview one of my classmates, who I know, knows a lot of information that I know on the moon, and the information I need on the moon for my topic question.

Soon after this, I will show the interview I had with the student in my class, who is well informed on my topic, and since I want to make sure that I have evidence and information for my answer to my topic question. My answer for the question is that the moon is as a matter of face, real. All scientific facts on the moon prove that, and I do not think that any scientists would tell people the wrong information. The tides, the phases, the light we get in the night, and all the pictures of the moon, and the fact that it orbits our world even though we might not feel it. In the following interview, I will try to find the answer to my questions and share them with you.

During the interview, I took notes of everything that was said so that I could have it down in my I-Search essay. In the following I will repeat everything that was said during the interview with my fellow classmate: Nada: Good Morning. How are you today? Alex: Very good, thank you, and you? Nada: I'm good too. Alex: Okay. Weren't there a few things that you wanted to talk to me about? Nada: Oh yes, I wished to speak with you on some issues about the moon. Alex: What such thing would you like to discuss about the moon? Nada: For the past few years, I have searched for more information of the moon. Alex: What more do you wish to know besides the information we have recieved from the trustworthy scientists? Nada: For our technology class, I chose to question the reality of the moon, if it is real, that is. Alex: Why would you doubt the existence of the moon? Nada: I have visited many websites evolving around the topic of the moon. Some people have said that they do not think that Americans have ever landed on the moon, because they think the moon is not real, rather that actually does exist. Alex: We have pictures and proof of the moon's existance, so how do you explain those? Nada: They could have easily made it by computerizing it. Alex: Well if the moon does not exist, why do we have tides, and why is there always a yellow-whitish circular object in the sky at night? Nada: The moon might be really, but we still do not have good evidence that it does really exist. Alex: Well, you will see, the moon is real because scientists do not lie. Nada: Thank you for talking about this with me. Alex: Your welcome. Goodbye Nada: Have a nice day.Bye
 * Interview**

So from this interview, we see that the moon has still not been determined to be real. People will never be sure, and so we have to learn how to trust our sources, which in this case, is our very own scientists.

My conclusion for the I-Search i did to find out more information on the moon, is that we will never know for sure if the moon really exists or not, unless we travel to the moon, ourselves, or we are just going to have to learn how to stat trusting the people who are telling us about the moon's existance.
 * Conclusion***

Works Cited**
http://www.revisionism.nl/Moon/The-Mad-Revisionist.htm http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23feb_2.htm Long, Kim. The Moon Book. Vol. 1. Johnson Books. 1-149.