1. What is the Universe?

2. The Universe is anything and everything around us. Deep space image by Hubble Space Telescope. www.fanpop.com

3. Including what’s inside us. Tapeworm head. curezone.com

4. What parts of the Universe are we going to study? Nebulas Galaxies kinds of stars the Solar System

5. The Universe may be divided into 3 regions: Terran (Earth) Interplanetary space (Solar System) Extrasolar Space (Outer space)

6. How did the Universe begin? Two schools of thought: Theism – God made the Universe Atheism – The Universe just came to be out of natural causes Baskuba Creation Myth from Africa. www.read-legends-and-myths.com

7. Creationism – may be found in the Bible (God made the Universe in 7 days) Creation of Adam by Michelangelo. www.loyaltybindsme.org

8. What is the most accepted scientific theory on the Origin of the Universe? commonsenseconspiracy.com

9. The Big Bang Theory scienceblogs.com

10. Stages of the Big Bang Theory 1 – Inflation 2 – Appearance of atoms (H and He) 3 – Appearance of stars and galaxies 4 – Continuing expansion scienceblogs.com