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Everything: A Tour of the Universe
Highest Rated
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(10 ratings)
48 students

Everything: A Tour of the Universe

The Universe's Size, Shape and Structure - and Where We Fit In!
Highest Rated
Created byTony Ceraso
Last updated 1/2025
English
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What you'll learn

  • Do you want to learn about the whole universe in one lesson? Did you know that only a hundred years ago we thought our Milky Way Galaxy was the entire universe? How much of the universe can we really see? Tour the universe with Home School Astronomy and get a sense of where we are located in the grand scheme of the universe and how big the universe really is.
  • Definition of the universe
  • Could there be more than one universe? Multiple Universes
  • Comparison of the solar system and the Universe
  • Changing perspectives of scale and understanding of galaxies
  • Stars and the universe
  • The size and shape of the universe
  • The observable and unobservable universe
  • The Solar Interstellar Neighborhood
  • The Milky Way Galaxy and Earth’s location in it
  • The local galactic group
  • The Virgo Supercluster of galaxies
  • The Local Supercluster
  • Various representations of the Universe’s structure
  • The composition of the Universe: matter, dark matter and dark energy
  • Gravity and the structure of the Universe
  • Matter and Antimatter
  • Discussion of universal movements: Is it static, expanding or contracting?
  • Discussion of universal shapes: flat, curved or spherical
  • Mapping the Universe using NASA’s WMAP probe
  • Particle accelerators
  • Size of the Universe
  • Mapping the entire visible Universe using NASA’s WMAP probe
  • Space-time and gravity
  • Black holes and worm holes

Course content

10 sections • 10 lectures • 2h 3m total length

  • Introduction - Objective - Warm-up Activity1:36

    Explore the basic structure of the universe as we understand it today, and complete a warm-up that lists three ways to determine what’s outside a room.

Requirements

  • None

Description

Do you want to learn about the whole universe in one lesson? Did you know that only a hundred years ago we thought our Milky Way Galaxy was the entire universe? How much of the universe can we really see? Tour the universe with Home School Astronomy and get a sense of where we are located in the grand scheme of the universe and how big the universe really is.

This Course includes the following great BONUS LESSONS:

  • What on Earth is Astronomy?

  • Mini-Lesson: Eclipses

  • Mini-Lesson: Meteor Showers

  • Mini-Lesson: Aurora

  • Project Artemis: America Returns to the Moon

Everything – A Tour of the Universe

1. Objective

2. Warm-up activity

3. Definition of the universe

4. Multiple universes

5. Comparison of the solar system and the Universe

6. Changing perspectives of scale and understanding of galaxies

7. Stars and the universe

8. The size of the universe

9. The observable and unobservable universe

10. The Solar Interstellar Neighborhood

11. The Milky Way Galaxy and Earth’s location in it

12. The local galactic group

13. The Virgo Supercluster of galaxies

14. The Local Supercluster

15. Various representations of the Universe’s structure

16. The composition of the Universe: matter, dark matter and dark energy

17. Gravity and the structure of the Universe

18. Antimatter

19. Discussion of universal movements: static, expanding or contracting

20. Discussion of universal shapes: flat, curved or spherical

21. Particle accelerators

22. Size of the Universe

23. Mapping the Universe using NASA’s WMAP probe

24. Space-time and gravity

25. Black holes and worm holes

26. Test questions

27. Cross-curricular activities

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone wanting to better understand the universe

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