Journal Entry 6

This week we managed to find a few more sources before we start making the lesson plan.

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/universe/black-holes-article.html

http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/black-holes/black-hole-facts/

http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/pressroom/holes/Amazing_Facts_Black_Holes.pdf

Figure these might come in handy for later.

Journal Entry 5

This week we came up with a plan as to how we are going to go about teaching this topic. During the first period of teaching we will give notes to the students to help them understand the basic concepts. The second period will consist of a lab that will be used to help them better understand the concepts they learned. The final period will be the quiz which will be used to gauge their understanding of the concepts we will teach them.

Journal Entry 4

It was a rather slow week as not much was done on the project. However, we did find a good lab to use for our project. The link to it is found in the blog for our proposal.

Proposal

We're going to be covering the science behind black holes. The PA Academic Standards for Science and Technology that we're going to cover is:"

Analyze the essential ideas about the composition and structure of the univers.
> Analyze the Big Bang Theory's use of gravitation and nuclear reaction to explain a possible origin of the universe.
> Compare the use of visual, radio, and x-ray telescopes to collect data regarding the structure and evolution of the universe.
> Correlate the use of the special theory of relativity and the life of a star."22 Pa. Code, Ch. 4, Appendix B, Sec. 3.4

We will be teaching the basic concepts of how black holes are made, the life and death of stars, and lead a lab project.

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/blackholes/imagine/page11.html

We'll be doing either the Model of a Black Hole, or Alluminum Foil, Balloons, and Black Holes.

Journal Entry 2

I found more information pertaining to black holes including information on gravitational collapse as well as primordial black holes.