Everything: A Tour of the Universe

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 a Great Bonus Lesson: What on Earth is Astronomy?

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