Explore Science
You have thought about time travel using the examples and questions. With this assignment you will time travel to the distant future of our solar system by investigating different scenarios.
Soon you will experience the VR Time Machine in NEMO Studio. The journey will take you through the life of our solar system.
With this assignment, start by making an infographic about the end of our solar system. Choose one of the following scenarios:
The following questions will help you think about the distant future
- What could the Earth look like in three generations?
- To provide for future energy needs, science explores the Dyson Sphere. Research what that is and do you think this is a realistic scenario?
- If we look to the distant future, humanity may face a number
of possible events . Investigate one of the following scenarios:the Big Freeze ,the Big Rip ,or the Big Crunch . Why do you think your chosen scenario is realistic?
ASSIGNMENT:
Explore one of the scenarios about the end of our solar system. Choose from the Big Freeze, the Big Rip,
Display the results of your research in an infographic. That is a graphical and visual representation of information. Instead of a lot of text, illustrations and pictures are used to display information quickly and clearly. Beautiful examples of infographics can be found online.
Below you will find inspiration, videos and articles that can help you with your research.
The end of the Earth
The end of the Earth is not in sight, but images of the death of a remote solar system give a sense of what that apocalypse could look like. The space mission Kepler 2 has recorded the destruction of a solar system for the first time. The images show the remnants of a dismembered planet orbiting a so-called dead star or white dwarf in the constellation Virgo, some 570 light-years from Earth.
View the photos and the article here.
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Time lapse to the future
Starting in 2019, we travel exponentially through time, witnessing the future of Earth, the death of the sun, the end of all stars, proton decay, zombie systems, possible future civilizations, exploding black holes, the effects of dark energy, alternate universes, the ultimate fate of the cosmos - just to name a few.