Galaxies and Black Holes (Tuesday 10-19-2010)

Objective: What could be at the center of the Milky Way?

Lesson: Brain Pop: Black Holes, Galaxies, Cornell Notes

Standard:
2f Evolution of a star is determined by gravity and fusion,
2g Cosmic background radiation provides evidence for the Big Bang,
2a The Milky Way spans 100,000 LY
Strategies: Cornell Notes

Homework: Study for test on 10-21
Lectuers
MIT Lecture on Black Holes  
Videos
BBC Science Black Hole Experts 
National Geographic: Black Holes

Related articles

• Scientists Are Ready to Build Some Galaxies (discovermagazine.com)
• First We Found Out Most Matter Was Dark. Now the Visible Matter Is Invisible, Too. (discovermagazine.com)
• Dark Matter Stars Could Solve Cosmic Mystery (space.com)
• Astronomers stumped by mysterious cosmic blast (cbsnews.com)
• Can black holes be black (wiki.answers.com)