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Category: Secondary 9 – 12

Experiences of Astronauts Returning to Earth

This film has a number of astronauts describe their experience of seeing the earth from space. Some of them call their experience the “overview effect.” They recall Carl Sagan’s recognition that the earth is a fragile spaceship, protected by a thin atmosphere. This 19 minute film is an important introduction for recognizing the importance of […]

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Big Questions about Big History in U.S. Schools

This keynote talk by Bob Bain was given at the Metanexus symposium on Teaching Big History at the Harvard Club of New York on September 21, 2013. Bob Bain shares the experiences of the teachers and students participating in the Big History Project and argues that the curriculum is the key to solving a number […]

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ChronoZoom.com

A website that show times scales, across Cosmos, Earth, Life, Prehistory, and Humanity. ChronoZoom is an open source community project owned by the Outercurve Foundation and dedicated to visualizing the history of everything. ChronoZoom bridges the gap between the humanities and sciences using a notion of “Big History” to easily understand all this information. This […]

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The Big History Project

The Big History Project is now publicly available at https://www.bighistoryproject.com/bhplive! The Big History Project is a free, online course that tells the story of our Universe and humanity. Developing a framework to help people learn about anything and everything. It’s inherently interdisciplinary – combining the best of social studies, humanities, and science. It will take […]

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Journey of the Universe (The Website)

This website is for the book and film by the same name, curricula, and Conversations/Educational Series use with the movie. Journey Film, Book, & Conversations/Educational Series are a collaboration of evolutionary philosopher Brian Thomas Swimme and historian of religions Mary Evelyn Tucker. They weave a tapestry that draws together scientific discoveries in astronomy, geology, and […]

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