Mar. 16, 2011: The Black Hole Mystery

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Activities:

1. Draw a large picture of space. Include planets and stars. Paste newspaper words of things you would find in space as a border around your picture.

2. What is in the sky? In the newspaper, circle things in the sky that are man-made. Use a star to mark things that are natural.

3. On a piece of paper, list the three things that surprised you most about black holes. Then write two questions you still have.

4. What do these words tell you about black holes: (a) event horizon, (b) core, (c) singularity, and (d) density?

5. Write a short story about space explorers who discover a black hole.

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:

• Students understand changes in the Earth and sky. (Science: Earth and Space Science)

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)