History of The. Big Bang Theory Webquest

Introduction

                         History of The Big Bang WebQuest 

Task

Please complete the following assignemnt below to fully understand The Big Bang Theory-

Explore the Nine Planets website to find the answers to these questions. http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

I am the Roman God of commerce, travel and thievery. The Greeks called me Hermes the Messenger of the Gods. What planet am I?________________________

We are the sons of Ares and Aphrodite. Which moons are we? _________________________

I am the Greek God of the Heavens. The Romans called me Saturn. What planet am I? ________________

I was the maiden who was loved by Zeus. I was transformed into a heifer so that Hera wouldn’t find me. What moon am I? _____________________

I am the Roman God of War. The Greeks call me Ares. What planet am I?_______________

I am a Trojan boy of great beauty whom Zeus carried away to be cupbearer to the gods. What moon am I? _______________

I am the daughter of Jupiter and Ananke. What moon am I? ________________

I am the Roman God of the Sea. The Greeks called me Poseidon. What planet am I? ___________________

I am a Titaness who was the first wife of Zeus. What moon am I? ______________
I am the King of the Gods. The Greeks called me Zeus. What planet am I?____________

I am the Roman God of the Underworld. The Greeks called me Hades. What planet am I? ________________

I am the Roman goddess of love and beauty. The Greeks called me Aphrodite. What planet am I?_________________

The Romans called be the God of Agriculture. The Greeks called me Cronus, the father of Zeus. What planet am I? ______________

I am the nymph daughter of the river God Asopus. What moon am I? _______________ I am the nymph who nursed the infant Jupiter with goats milk. What moon am I ?________

I am a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus, who had assumed the form of a white bull, and by him the mother of Minos. What moon am I? __________________

I am a nymph, beloved of Zeus and hated by Hera. Hera changed her into a bear and Zeus then placed her in the sky as the constellation Ursa Major. What moon am I? ________________

I am the mythological figure who ferried the dead across the River Styx into Hades (the underworld). Who am I? ___________________ (Hint: I am a moon) 

Complete the following doucments below to fully understand The Big Bang Theroy.

Process

USE THE WEBSITES PROVIDED TO LEARN ABOUT THE BIG BANG THEORY.

The Big Bang Theory

http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/

1) Cosmology is the study of ________________________________________.

http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/SEMSZ5WJD1E_OurUniverse_0.html

2) What is The Big Bang Theory? And don’t say “A TV show on CBS.”_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) The Big Bang happened about ________________________ years ago.
4) _______________, _________________, and ________________ all began with the Big Bang.
5) What happened following the Big Bang to allow protons and neutrons to come together to form atoms and eventually atoms to come together to form different elements? __________________________________________________________________________________ http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/stu/advanced/cosmos_bigbang.html
6) The first evidence for the Big Bang Theory was when Edwin Hubble in __________ discovered that everything in the universe is ______________________________________________.
7) There are 4 main pieces of evidence that support The Big Bang Theory:

  1. a)  Evidence that the universe is ____________________________.

  2. b)  ______________ __________________ _________________ radiation from the “first light” that was

    released once the universe reached _____________________ years old.

  3. c)  The amount of different ___________________ in the universe is almost exactly as what The Big

    Bang predicts.

  4. d)  Finally, the Big Bang Theory is the only explanation that explains why our universe looks the way it does today! 

Evaluation

As you have already have understandings please complete this assignment in order to go on in the Webquest.


1. I invented the first telescope and discovered the 4 moons of Jupiter.
2. We discovered the relationship between a star’s temperature and its brightness.
3. I discovered Pluto.
4. My theory of the universe was held as law for thousands of years even though I was wrong.
5. I discovered the first and largest asteroid.
6. I developed the big bang theory.
7. I discovered Triton, the largest moon of Neptune.
8. I realized that the planets go around the sun.
9. I discovered Titan the largest moon of Saturn.
10. I discovered the four moons of Saturn.
11. I discovered a new star in Cassiopeia.
12. I made the first catalogue of stars and the first map of the skies. 13. I discovered the planet Uranus.
Use the sites listed on the Solar System & Planets page of the Kid Zone at http://sciencespot.net/ to find the names of the people credited with each discovery.