Edwin Hubble Web Quest

 

 

http://www.edwinhubble.com/hubble_bio_001.htm

1. What high school record did he break?

2. What was his undergraduate degree?

3. Where did he go to college? What did he study?

4. When did he decide to finally pursue astronomy? Where did he study?

5. What did he discover with the Hooker telescope?

6. What is this diagram of? (hint: click on the links!)

7. What is the law Hubble formulated called? What is its use?

8. How did Hubble influence the Big Bang Theory?

 

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/diamond_jubilee/1996/sandage_hubble.html

9. What astronomical terms are named for Hubble?

10. What are Hubble’s four main accomplishments?

 

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/groundup/lesson/bios/hubble/index.php

11. When did Hubble receive his first telescope? Who gave it to him?

12. Why did Hubble study law instead of astronomy at first?

 

http://www.astro.louisville.edu/education/hubble_in_louisville/index.html

13. Who were Hubble’s parents? His siblings?

14. What subjects did he teach at New Albany High School?

 

http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/brucemedalists/Hubble/index.html

15. What two awards did he receive?

16. What system did he develop to organize galaxies?

17. Name three things that are named after Hubble.

 




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Background picture: http://www.edwinhubble.com/hubble_gallery/reflection_nebula_in_the_pleiades_IC_349.htm