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Cosmic Times Teacher Resources

Cosmic Times is a series of curriculum support materials that trace the history of our understanding of the universe during the past 100 years, from Einstein's formulation of gravity to the discovery of dark energy. It consists of 6 posters, each resembling the front page of a newspaper from a particular time in this history, with articles describing the discoveries. The language of the articles mimics that of a newspaper from its respective era.

In this Teacher Resource area of the Cosmic Times website, you will find materials to help you use Cosmic Times in your classroom. We have divided the Teacher Resources into three areas (also accessible from the navigation bar above):

• Guide to the Cosmic Times Articles
  Here you will find information on each of the articles in the Cosmic Times series. The Guide is organized by Cosmic Times issue, so that each poster, or "year", has its own set of pages. For each issue, you will find notes on each article, downloads, and a list of lesson plans which tie into the science and historical context. The downloads include a printable PDF of the poster itself, three newsletter versions of each issue written at different reading levels (designated "Early Edition" for the 7-8 grade readers, "Home Edition" for the 9-10 grade readers, and "Late Edition" for the 11-12 grade readers), glossaries, questions for understanding, and the aforementioned lesson plans.
• Curriculum Tools
  In these pages, you will find tools to help you find Cosmic Times articles and lesson plans to help you teach specific topics in your curriculum. This includes a sortable table of lesson plans and various "tag clouds" for finding articles and lessons relating to various topics.
• Workshops and Presentations
  We collect together our most recent presentation and workshop materials that we have used. This includes PowerPoint slides, videos embedded in our presentations, and lesson plans. In addtion, you will find announcements of upcoming workshops.