History of the Universe – Creating timelines

The Universe as we see it today is the result of a series of extraordinary cosmic events. Through a series of activities you will learn how to build a timeline and set events to scale by building and comparing the timeline of the history of the Universe with a timeline of your own life. In addition, you will research to find out more about the events, make a picture or piece of artwork to accompany the information, and share your work.

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Keywords: Science, Mathematics, Literacy, Spoken language, Writing, Arts, Timeline, Universe, History, Artwork

Material: 

• Large Timeline of the Universe for class display – made in advance (for example, see Appendix)
• Set of cards for the events of the Universe – see Appendix
• Worksheet – My timeline (1 for each kid)
• Worksheet – A timeline of the Universe (at least one copy per pair of kids)
• Craft paper – various colours
• Scissors
• Glue sticks
• Colouring pens and pencils
• Calculators
• Pencils