By: Rick Koontz

Interest Statement

I chose my topic because I want to know more about what is supposed to happen in 2012. I am interested in this topic because I hear a lot about it and wanted to know more about it.

Purpose Statement

The purpose of my project is to inform my audience about 2012 and to demonstrate the connections between 2012 and social studies, science and CA.

Theories

The Ancient Mayan Calendar ends in 2012. We would be very foolish to ignore this warning, a doomsday date that may have been given to the Maya by others

Pole shifts have occurred in the past and will occur again. There is no known terrestrial mechanism that can cause pole shifts, so the trigger could well be extra-terrestrial. With the universe being the mystery that it is, we should accept that anything is possible.

Theories Pt2

Mass extinctions and rapid evolution occur at the same time as cataclysms. Rapid evolutionary change can only be achieved via extremely high rates of mutations, and by mutations that are not random. Unicorns and dragons once actually existed, they were mutant strains that didn't survive very long.

Cosmic rays cause mutations. A huge influx of cosmic rays would cause high rates of mutations. Although scientists are unsure about where all the cosmic rays come from, the source might be the same as what powers the pole shifts.

The ancients were aware of the dangers of cosmic rays and cataclysms and encoded information about them into their calendars, myths and monuments. I also believe that pyramids may have been designed as cosmic ray shelters

Here are the predicted and scheduled events that are supposed to happen in 2012.

The scheduled events are in pink.

The predicted stuff are in blue.

2012 predicted and scheduled events.

January January 23- the date of the Chinese New Year.

Also there is a scheduled new moon. This time of year is associated with the Water-Dragon in Chinese astrology.

January 31- 433 Eros, the second largest near Earth object on record (size 13x13x33km) is expected to pass Earth at “0.1790 astronomical” units (1 AU- about 93 million miles which is the average distance from Earth to the Sun). NASA studied Eros in the NEAR Shoemaker probe launched February 2000.

2012 predicted and scheduled events. Part 2

February February 5- Super Bowl XLVI will still be

played. February 6- If she is still on the throne,

Elizabeth II will celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. A series of festivities across the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations will likely run through the year.

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March March 01 - Greek Drachma bank notes

are exchangeable for Euro only until this time.

March 19 - Buddha Claimant: Ram Bahadur Bomjon who disappeared in 2006 is believed to return on this date (six years from his departure.)

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April April 1 - The United States Census of

1940 is finally released to the public. April 15 - It will be the RMS Titanic`s 100

anniversary since the sinking in 1912.

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May May 20 – the annular solar eclipse will

occur on a Sunday. May 20 - French Presidential election.

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June June 6 - Second and last solar transit of

the planet Venus of this century; the next pair is predicted to occur in 2117 and 2125.

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July July 1 - The first possible government in

Hong Kong elected by Universal suffrage will take office.

July 1 - Presidential Elections in Mexico. July 27 - Opening ceremony of the 2012

Summer Olympics begins in London at 7:30 pm GMT/8:30pm BST.

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August August 12 - Closing ceremony of the

2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, a Sunday.

August 29 - Start of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

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September September 9 - Finish of the 2012

Summer Paralympics.

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October October 18 - at 20:36 (Eastern Daylight

Time), the Earth will be home to 7 billion, according to the US Census Bureau. 

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November November 6 - United States presidential

election, 2012 . November 6 - United States Senate

elections, 2012. November 6 - United States House of

Representatives election, 2012. November 13 - Total solar eclipse

(visible in northern Australia and the South Pacific).

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December December 3 - Jupiter is going to be in a completely

different spot. December 21 - The Long Count calendar used by the Maya

civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica completes its thirteenth b'ak'tunb'ak'tun date of this starting point (13.0.0.0.0.0) is repeated, for the first time in a span of approximately 5,125 solar years. The significance of this period-ending to the pre-Columbian Maya themselves is unclear, and there is an incomplete inscription (Tortuguero Stela 6) which records this date. It is also to be found carved on the walls of the Temple of Inscriptions in Palenque, where it functions as a base date from which other dates are computed. However, it is conjectured that this may represent in the Maya belief system a transition from the current Creation world into the next. The December solstice for 2012 also occurs on this day.

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continued December 23 - The alternative date for the completion of the thirteenth b'ak'tun cycle in the Maya calendar, using a version of the GMT-correlation based on a JDN of 584285 (a.k.a. the "Lounsbury correlation"), which is supported by a smaller number of Mayanist researchers.

December 31 - Expiration of the Kyoto Protocol.

I’m not saying the world is going to end, but I am giving you the research I found to help you have more knowledge about that date.

Will the world end? We will never know until 2012.

Work cited

Copy was handed in at beginning of presentation.