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The Deepest Image Of The Universe Ever Taken (C1)

Preview 1
Part 1. Discussion about the image. Answers will vary. Teacher’s answer:
This is an image of the “Hubble Deep Ultra Field” and is the deepest image of the
universe ever taken. In the image you see galaxies and other space objects, and the light
coming from them.

Preview 2
Part 1. Definitions of the vocabulary words. Answers may vary slightly. Teacher’s answers:
(1) A light-year is the distance that light travels in a year (roughly 9.46 trillion kilometers).
(2) Hubble is the name of a telescope in outer space, named after Edwin Hubble, the
most prominent American astronomer of the 20th century.
(3) A galaxy is a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems,
all held together by gravity.
(4) The Milky Way is the name of the galaxy that our solar system is situated within.
Part 2. Shapes of the galaxies in the images. (1) spiral (2) elliptical
Part 3. Matching activity (adjectives). (1) b (2) d (3) e (4) a (5) c
Part 4. Write your own definitions. Answers may vary slightly. Teacher’s answers:
(1) collide: hit (each other) with a strong force
(2) emit: release or give off (used for light or energy)
(3) emerge: come into existence

Viewing Activity
Part 1. Discussion topic. Answers will vary.
Part 2. Short Answers.
(1) This is the full-blown “Hubble Ultra Deep Field.” During the video, they create a
three-dimensional view or “tour” of the image, showing you distant galaxies.
(2) The light from the most distant galaxies has taken billions of years to travel across the
universe and reach Hubble. By taking this picture, Hubble was literally looking back in time
to see the very early universe.
(3) The scientist says that the galaxy is red because we’re looking at it when the universe
was about 10 percent of its present age. It’s a piece of the universe that hasn’t yet had
time to come together with other pieces to create an elliptical or spiral shape.
Part 3. Quote from the video.
c. the very early stages of galaxy formation

Post-Viewing 1
Part 1. Vocabulary context usage.
(1) optical / dimensional (2) odd / elliptical

Part 2. Adjective formation of the nouns.
(1) spherical (2) galactic (3) stellar

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The Deepest Image Of The Universe Ever Taken (C1)

Post-Viewing 1 (continued)
Part 3. Rewrite the sentences.
(1) The two odd-shaped galaxies in the image are colliding, which is how galaxies build
up to become what we see today.
(2) 12.6 billion light-years away, you can see a little red galaxy beginning to emerge.
(3) We’re looking at a galaxy whose light was emitted when the universe was about 10
percent of its present age.

Post-Viewing 2
Part 2. Rewriting the sentences using the relative pronoun whose.
(1) We’re going to look through a telescope whose lens is powerful enough to observe
distant galaxies.
(2) I’d like to read a science fiction novel whose author was also a former astronomer
and cosmologist.
(3) Astronomers have discovered some distant planets whose properties are similar to
some of Earth’s properties.

Post-Viewing 3
Speaking Task. Answers will vary. Correct students’ speaking mistakes and contribute your own
thoughts to the conversation.
Vocabulary Task. Matching activity (cosmic phenomena). (1) a (2) e (3) c (4) d (5) b
Greek Roots. Literal translations of the Greek root words.
1 galaxy galaxias milky
2 astronaut astron nautes star-sailor
3 telescope teleskopos far-seeing

Quiz & Review

Part 1. Questions. Refer to Viewing Activity.
Part 2. Vocabulary.
(1) emerge: come into existence
(2) emit: release or give off (used for light or energy)
Part 3. Vocabulary context usage.
(1) optical / dimensional (2) odd / elliptical
Part 4. Vocabulary phrase from the video.
Hubble had looked back in time towards the final frontier — the dawn of galaxies.
Part 5. Rewriting the sentences using the relative pronoun whose.
1 We’re looking at a galaxy whose light was emitted when the universe was about
10 percent of its present age.
2 I recently saw an image of a galaxy whose shape was identical to the shape of the
Milky Way.