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Violent Universe
Recommended
for
Upper Elementary Grades thru College
"Violent Universe" will take your students on a grand tour of things that go bump in our Universe. The program begins by showing your students the beauty and apparent tranquility of a star filled sky as you may see it from your backyard on a very clear night. Several constellations, along with their brighter stars, are pointed out, and some of the mythology that relates to these constellations is presented. However, your students will quickly learn that such a peaceful night sky is only an illusion on the grandest of scales. Your students will then look at what is really taking place in our solar system, galaxy, and universe. Students will witness the violence of flares on our sun, the birth and evolution of our solar system, and the violent formation of the Earth. They will see the evolution of stars and how stars end their life cycle as novae or supernovae. Your students will take a journey through our galaxy, past violent explosions, to the very core where a black hole may be waiting. Here your students will learn about irregular galaxies that have been torn asunder by immeasurable forces and take a look at mysterious quasars. Finally, your students will learn that our universe is expanding and what may happen if and when this expansion stops. "Violent Universe" will allow your students to see our Universe as it really is, not just as it appears from Earth.
SC-04-2.3.5 – The Moon appears to move across the sky daily and cycles through its phases in about a month.
SC-05-2.3.5 – The Earth, Sun, planets, moons, and other smaller bodies make up our solar system.
SC-05-4.6.2 – The Sun releases its energy in the form of light, some of which reaches the Earth.
SC-06-2.3.1 – Objects in the solar system move in regular and predictable motions.
SC-07-2.3.1 – Earth has been bombarded by comets and asteroids in the distant past.
SC-08-2.3.4 – Our solar system was formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago.
SC-HS-2.3.3 – Stars that explode at the end of their lives send out heavy elements.
SC-HS-2.3.4 – Stars have life cycles and generate more complex elements.
SC-HS-2.3.5 - Our solar system was formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago.
SC-HS-4.6.1 – Fusion is the process responsible for the energy of the Sun and other stars.