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How Did the Universe Begin? InteractiveHow Did the Universe Begin? Interactive
Publisher
American Museum of Natural History
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Interactives
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Duration
15 mins
Instructional Strategy
Direct Instruction
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Internet Access
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How Did the Universe Begin?

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The Big Bang Theory is more than a television show. Pupils read how Edwin Hubble observed other galaxies and noticed that the galaxies are moving away from each other. Scholars learn about the idea of the big bang and what happened next with the formation of galaxies, planets, and stars. To conclude the lesson, individuals create a cosmic event timeline using an interactive.

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Concepts

the universe, the big bang theory, galaxies, telescopes, timelines

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Conduct research on different theories on the age of the universe
  • Use as a portion of a remote learning unit on the universe

Classroom Considerations

  • Individuals should have some basic idea of the sequence of appearance of life on Earth
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Pros

  • Provides notification when a cosmic event is in the correct position within the ordering activity
  • Contains pop-up info cards for important terms

Cons

  • None

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