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History
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History
of the Universe
This false-color infrared image of
the Rosette Nebula shows stars being born. The image was taken by the ESA's Herschel
Space Observatory, launched in May 2009, the largest, most powerful infrared
telescope ever flown in space. A pioneering mission to study the
origin and evolution of stars and galaxies, it will help us understand how the
Universe came to be what it is today. Herschel is the first
observatory to cover the entire range from far-infrared to sub-millimetre
wavelengths, and will explore further in the far-infrared than any
previous mission, studying otherwise invisible dusty and cold regions of the
cosmos, both near and far. Herschel will tap into unexplored
wavelengths, seeing phenomena out of reach for other observatories, at a
level of detail that has not been captured before. The telescope's primary
mirror is 3.5 m in diameter, more than four times larger than any previous
infrared space telescope (Spitzer) and almost one and a half times larger
than that of the Hubble Space Telescope. The telescope will collect almost
twenty times more light than any previous infrared space telescope
(Spitzer). The cutting-edge spacecraft carries three advanced science
instruments: two cameras and a very high resolution spectrometer; their
detectors are cooled to temperatures close to absolute zero by a
sophisticated cryogenic system (ESA). Innovating to Zero! - Watch Bill Gates on the Future of Energy (30 mins.) Movie of student DINOSAUR
RECONSTRUCTIONS GENERAL
DOCUMENTS
RESEARCH LINKS GENERAL
LINKS Index of General
HOTU files (handouts, notes, worksheets) Classzone
Investigations Index UNITS UNIT 1 - The Nature
of Science
UNIT 3 - Earth History UNIT 4 - Paleoanthropology UNIT 5 - The Future History of the Universe
is a “big picture” course, for people who want to
explore the wider Universe around them and better understand their place in
it. We will explore the origin and structure of the Universe,
vast expanses of space and time, and the origins and histories of the Earth
and life, because you can’t truly know where you’re going unless
you know where you’ve been. History of the Universe
emphasizes relevant and current issues centering around the Nature of
Science and its role in modern society; Origin and Structure of the Universe,
Time and Space, Galaxies, The Nebular Hypothesis; The Origin of the Earth,
The Origin of Life, Paleontology, Dinosaurs, Extinction, Mammals and
Pleistocene Megafauna; Human Evolution (Paleoanthropology); Technology, Human
History, Culture, the Future, and Climate Change. We will also be going
on a field trip to see local geology. If you’re a naturalist, are
interested in the “big picture” and "long-term" views of
deep space and deep time, or if you enjoyed Earth science, this course is for
you. We will explore questions like "Where did we come from? What
is out there in the Universe? How might life have started? What were
the dinosaurs and large mammals of the ice ages like? What were early
hominids like and what tools did they use? What does the future hold and what
is my place in it?" The course will be offered as a
complementary semester of elective science, opposite Natural
Disasters. Enrollment in Natural Disasters is
not required. Prerequisite: students must have taken and passed Earth
science.
Dr.
Bruce Piasecki gives an inspirational presentation on the future to History
of the universe students
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