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Through Time and Space: The Formation of Our Solar System

Completed by 107 learners
Ages 6-8
Live One-Time Class
This is a one-time class where learners will discover how our solar system developed and evolved over the past 5 billion years.
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:
(371 reviews)

Live video meetings
Meets once
4-8 learners per class
60 min

What's included

1 live meeting
1 in-class hours

Class Experience

This class will go over the evolution of our solar system through time and space. We will begin 5 billion years ago when our solar system was nothing more than a cloud of dust, and work our way outward from the centre through both time and space. 

Some questions we will cover are: Where did the sun come from? How did the sun start to shine and produce heat? Where did the planets come from, and where do some of them behave so oddly? Why are the gas giants so much different from Earth and our closest neighbours? What's up with the asteroid belt? Where do comets come from? 

This class is structured as an interactive dialogue using visual elements as a guide. In order to understand more complex topics, I first explain basic physical processes and use Socratic questioning to help children use this information to arrive at complicated conclusions. For example, I will explain how gravity attracts everything in the universe together, and then ask a series of questions related to how gravity pulled atoms together to make the sun. 

There will be plenty of discussion and interaction with me as we answer questions and try to come to conclusions scientifically! I love to let kids express their ideas and ask questions, so this class may run a bit overtime if we get into a great discussion. 

Learners should have some basic understanding of our solar system, such as the fact that we have planets, a sun, and moons. Learners should have basic knowledge of at least some of the planets in our solar system. 

If your learner has limited knowledge of the solar system, they may want to take my introductory class: “Our Stellar Neighborhood: An Introduction to Our Solar System.” https://outschool.com/classes/our-stellar-neighborhood-an-introduction-to-our-solar-system-KMlmxtjB?usid=iDzYQofH&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

Learning Goals

Students will learn how solar systems in the universe form, how gravity causes interactions and movement in solar systems, that atoms are the building blocks of all matter in the universe, and where our solar system's matter came from, as well as basic knowledge about the different bodies of our solar system.

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External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Meet the teacher

Joined June, 2020
4.9
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree in Science from Athabasca University
Natasha has taught astronomy to learners from age 3 and up for 7 years through science outreach programs and activities. She studies science and focuses on physics, astronomy, and Earth science, and has been an amateur astronomer since she was a young learner herself! 

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