Teachers
The Universe Adventure provides a variety of supplementary resources to bring cosmology into the classroom! Below you will find activities, worksheets, and quizzes.
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Teacher's Activities
| File Contents | PDF/DOC | Rich Text File |
| Understanding Accelerating Expansion Activity | .doc | .rtf |
| Alternative Assessment Assignments | .doc | .rtf |
| From Rubber Bands to Big Bangs Activity | .doc | .rtf |
| List of Relevant California Science Standards | .doc | .rtf |
| Class Discussion - Density, Gravity, the Big Bang (has solutions) | .doc | |
| Color the CMB | ||
| Another Look at the "Cosmic Calendar" Activity | .doc | .rtf |
| Practice with Orders of Magnitude Activity | .doc | .rtf |
| Ordering the Events of the Four Eras (has solutions) | .doc | .rtf |
| Meaning of "The Speed of Light" Activity | .doc | .rtf |
| Universe Adventure Assigned Reading | .doc | |
| Understanding the CMB (has solutions) | ||
| Parallax Activity | .doc |
Activity Answer Keys
If you are a teacher and would like access to the answer keys for the teacher activities, please send an e-mail to [email protected] with your name, affiliated school, and the name and e-mail address of your department head or principal. We will provide you with a password and you will be able to return to this page, enter it, and access the solutions keys.
