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.)

• Measuring Dark Energy – Students simulate an experiment in which the discovery of dark energy can be made by plotting modern supernova distances on a Hubble Diagram.
  • Lesson Plan (doc, pdf)
  • Supporting Materials:
    • Excel Data File (xls, pdf)

• Tools of the Trade – Students explore the telescopes and technologies that will shape our understanding of the Universe in the coming years.
  • Lesson Plan (doc, pdf)

• Cosmic Times 2019 – Students predict the next discoveries that will shape our understanding of the nature of the expanding Universe as they write the 100^th anniversary edition of Cosmic Times.
  • Lesson Plan (doc, pdf)

• Things Are Not What They Seem – Students explore a discrepent event by designing experiments to test what makes a "come back can" return or UV beads change color.
  • Lesson Plan (doc, pdf)

• Century Timeline – Students create a timeline of world events from 1905 through 2006, the years encompassed by the Cosmic Times posters, to get a sense of the history surrounding the discoveries over the past century.
  • Lesson Plan (doc, pdf)
  • Supporting Materials:
    • Appendix A: Examples of key historic events, organized by Cosmic Times themes (doc, pdf)
    • Appendix B: Science, Cultural, and World Events (doc, pdf)