Time

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 * Big Bang Theory Assignment**

Go to [] and answer these questions: 1) About how long ago did the big bang take place? 2) What is a black hole? 3) Does the universe continue to expand? 4) Was there really a big bang? 5) What light elements seem to support the Big Bang Theory?
 * Part 1**

Send your answers to me in an e-mail and post your answers to your wiki ... create a Time page in your wiki. Click on the link **Does God Exist** and blog about this ... you can either blog about what was in the article or write up your thoughts or feelings about this.
 * Part 2**

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Geological Time

Part 1 - Write your own notes - write 10 things you learned about time and the formation on the earth from watching the you tube playlist. [] Part 2 - Do the questions on the handout on geological time Using the Geo Time Scale App and the chart to complete the handout. http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~museum/hughes/GeoTimeScale2.html Part 3 - Using the Scan App, scan the qr codes and find information about major events in the history of the earth. Copy the information from each code and create a timeline using [|http://www.dipity.com]. You can do this in groups of two and send me the dipity link and embed it in your wiki in your time section.


 * Time Keeps On Slippin’ Assignment**

Before we start to make our way through history, we need to get an understanding of time and how humans keep track of events that have happened throughout time. Read, watch, and listen to the following websites and answer the questions below. Once you finish this document post it in you Time section of your wiki and e-mail me your answers. Will be tested on the information below at a later date. Enjoy your time! 1) What is the current calendar most of the world uses / accepts? Explain who made it and why this is accepted.

2) What is a leap year?

3) List three other types of calendars used and how they set up their calendar (ex. Lunar). 4) What is BC?

5) What is BCE?

6) What is AD?

7) What is CE? 8) What is MYA? 9) According to the timeline site how many periods of when are there and list time. 10) What is an eon, epoch, era, and age? 11) List three ancient calendars 12) List two ancient clocks and how they worked. 13) What was a revolution of timekeeping? 14) What allows for standard more accurate clocks? 15) What are time zones? 16) What is the prime meridian? 17) If it’s 10:00 AM in Regina, what time is it in Toronto? London? Moscow? Tokyo? Hawaii? 18) What is Daylight Saving Time? Do we use this in Saskatchewan? 19) Is there a year zero? 20) Are we starting a new decade in 2010 or 2011? 21) What is linear time? 22) What is cyclical time?

Resources (there may be a couple of answers outside these sites but for the most part all the answers can be found at the sites below) [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] Bonus Question In What Steve Miller song does time ‘keep slippin’ into the future’?

Evolution Videos Watch these videos and tell me five things that you learned about and/or questions about evolution []

Evolution Assignment Rubric 6 pictures 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 Stage/Time 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Future Person 1 2 3 4 5 6 /18
 * 1) Using the Devolve Me App, take a Picture of yourself at each stage of evolution.
 * 2) Using Photo Booth, take a picture of you now.
 * 3) Using Doodle Buddy, take a full body shot of yourself and make 5 changes to your appearance (smaller eyes, bigger ears, that kind of stuff)
 * 4) Using Keynote, import all six pictures to create an evolution slideshow. For each picture from the Devolve Me App add the stage of evolution and the year that that stage took place. For the picture of yourself add the information Homo Sapien Sapiens and the word current. For the picture you changed into a future stage make your own name for that stage (ex. Futuricus Intelligus) and the time 100,000 years from now.
 * 5) When you are done share your Keynote with iTunes as a Power Point.