Lessons

Download all lessons, along with the glossary and newsletters (doc, pdf).
(Note that the pdf of the newsletters are included in the .doc file.)

• The Evidence is Clear - Students use observations and inferences to consider the Steady State and Big Bang theories.
  • Lesson Plan (doc, pdf)

• Cosmic Jeopardy - Students will play Jeopardy! based on the articles in the 1955 Cosmic Times.
  • Lesson Plan (doc, pdf)
  • Blank Template for Game (ppt)
  • Suggested Questions (doc, pdf)

• Big Bang Science Fiction - The students will create a fictional narrative on the beginning of time.
  • Lesson Plan (doc, pdf)

• Discovering Yardsticks are Metersticks - This lesson uses a simple discrepant event to demonstrate the underlying cause for early miscalculation of the size of the Milky Way galaxy.
  • Lesson Plan (doc, pdf)

• Hubble's Law Mis-calibration Extension - This lesson is an extension of the Cosmic Times 1929 lesson, Determining the Universe, to reproduce a plot of Hubble's Law.
  • Lesson Plan (doc, pdf)
  • Supporting Materials (from 1929 lesson):
    • Appendix A: The Rule of 57 (doc, pdf)
    • Appendix B: Galaxy Images (doc, pdf)
    • Appendix C: Galaxy Fact Cards (doc, pdf)
    • Appendix D: Questions for Students (doc, pdf)