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1.0x What happened on February 14, 1990?

INITIAL IDEAS

  1. Draw an initial model that explains where you think we are right now in space and time.

Submit a self-evaluation of your Initial Ideas 1.01.


PART 1 DEVELOPING IDEAS

  1. Look at this picture and share what comes up for you.

  2. Share some new thoughts, feelings, or questions that come up for you as you read about what happened on February 14, 1990.

  3. Share new ideas and questions that come up as you consider where you are, the beginning of everything, and what we are inside of right now.

  4. Share what comes up for you as you check out the history of everything, a this scaled timelapse of the known history of our universe, and how telescopes like James Webb are helping us understand the early universe. Here's where the James Webb Telescope is right now and a documentary about its development.

Submit a self-evaluation of your Part 1 Developing Ideas 1.01.


PART 2 DEVELOPING IDEAS

  1. Read this article about how our solar system formed, engage with a gravity demonstration with Brandon, and watch this video about the birth of a solar system. Then, describe in your own words what a solar system is and how they form.

  2. Test yourself on the formation of solar systems while you check out some cool things you can find in our solar system.

  3. Share some new ideas and questions that come up as you learn about the formation of Earth and what our planet is made of. You can also observe our panet from the ISS.

  4. Share what comes up as you check out the history and future of everything, Earth's history on a football field, 4 ways to understand Earth history, and how we know about our planet's recent history.

  5. View the geological events, biological events, mass extinctions, and impact events in this Earth's interactive on Earth's history. Then choose what you think is the most important event in each category and explain why you think this.

  6. Mass extinctions: https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/23/world/mass-extinctions-explained-scn-climate/index.html

  7. Experience a 375-ft walking history and a 10-minute spoken history 

Submit a self-evaluation of your Part 2 Developing Ideas 1.01.


ENDURING IDEAS

  1. Update and repost your model that explains where you think Earth is right now in space and time. Here are some things you need to include.

Submit your Enduring Ideas 1.01


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