High School Vocabulary: Big Bang and Synthesis of Elements

List of Targeted Vocabulary and Links to Student Handouts and Teacher PowerPoints

Week-by-Week Vocabulary Overview Chart
Big Bang and Synthesis of Elements

(Live links to student handouts and teacher powerpoints)

 

Unit ProgressionTargeted Vocabulary
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Week 12

New vocab: theory, star (nebula), planet, matter (antimatter), galaxy, Big Bang

Review: system, gravity, mass, momentum

Student Handout

Teacher PPT

Week 13

New vocab: particle, atom (subatomic), energy, space,  time, universe

Review: matter, star, planet, galaxy

Student Handout

Teacher PPT

Week 14

New vocab: element, protons, electrons, nucleus, magnetic field, wave

Review: atom, particle, energy, space

Student Handout

Teacher PPT

Week 15

New vocab: density, cosmic inflation, debris (Related words asteroid, meteorite, comet), orbit, transport, fusion/fuse

Review: element, proton, electron, nucleus

Student Handout

Teacher PPT

Week 16

New vocab: component (atomic component), neutron, structure/function, isotope, atomic number, atomic mass

Review: density, orbit, transport, fusion

Student Handout

Teacher PPT

Week 17

New vocab: concentric, shell, valence, nuclear force, attract, bond

Review: structure, function, isotope, nucleus

Student Handout

Teacher PPT

Week 18

New vocab: habitable zone, classify, dwarf star; giant star, nebulae, pulsar, black hole, supernova

Review: valence, attract, bond

Student Handout

Teacher PPT
Week 19

New vocab: molecule, compound, split, combine, physical properties, chemical properties

Review: nebulae, pulsar, classify, supernova

Student Handout

Teacher PPT