Tuesday, October 15, 2013

The most astounding fact about the universe...

This is the first student blog assignment of the year...

What do you think is the most astounding fact about the universe?

The renowned astrophysicist, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, had this to say about the universe...:


It is a lot to hear & take in, he is an exceptional scientist after all. But we are all members of this universe, and scientists in our own right...

  • What did the visuals of the video make you think about? 
  • What did his words make you think about? 
  • For you, what is the most astounding fact about the universe? 
  • What do you think about when  you hear the words "the universe?"


Post your answer as a comment


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37 comments:

NathanielV said...

The visuals made me think about space. Because it showed a lot of space. The words made me think about everything in this world. To me the most astounding fact is how stars are made. When I hear the word universe I think about the sun moon and stars.

giovanni oxley said...

i Saw The Moon, and the mars, and the space, and the astronaut

Isabela.H said...

i saw the moon.the video was nice .the planet was wonderful.it was about planets.

CynthiaG said...

The video made me think about the universe and the moon and the sun.The words made me think about the stuff we have here on earth.I saw planets like mars.

Dylan L said...

It talks about life. It talks about spaces to. It talked about planets to.

anthony c said...

I THINK THat it was nice because it show how does space looks and it cool and it shows a boat plants

Joseph V said...

this is a great video it's a sic-fi video about outer
space and sic-fi movies have outer space origins,

the video is about how the solar system makes
stars, I Saw the stars and the planets and the space
rocket,NASA is a outer space company that travels
to the galaxy and explore the whole outside.

Giovanni S. said...

it talk about life. it talk about space to. it was talking about planets and stars

Gissel M said...

it was about plants.
I saw stars.

Prem P said...

the plants where cool. i saw stars i saw meters i saw Saturn.

MarleyA said...

The most astounding fact is that this video is awesome. I love it I think everybody should watch it.

LukeB said...

The most astounding fact about the universe is the knowledge. I thought about how the universe is all connected. His words made me think about what the universe is. I think about life when I here the universe

vanessab said...

I think the movie is about the stars and moon.

Claudia L. said...

Wow. I never thought that way about the universe. I felt really alive and nice. I didn't know we were connected that way to nature. I thought the video was very inspiring and kind of sweet.

Cooper G. said...

The things I like about this video is that it is very interesting video. It told me facts that I never knew about. It was very cool.

Sylvie G said...

I thought the video was really cool looking and the words were about adams in the universe and planets.

MaggieM said...

The visuals in this video make me really think about how space is really all there is. His words make me feel the same way. When I hear the word universe, I think of space. Because that is what the universe is. Space.

Sebastian. W said...

The visuals made me think about space because the video showed a lot of space. The words made me think about the earth and everything on the earth. To me the most astounding fact is how all the stars above us were made. When I here the word ''universe'' I think of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.

CalvinR said...

The visuals are beautiful. They just make me think, Look around me. Space is beautiful. Why not just explore it some more, if we want to know what's out there? And his words, they just make me feel smarter. Those words teach me so much. It just makes me want to go out there, into space, and tell many people that space is not just a dark empty space. I want to tell them that space is much, much more. It is the fundamentals to life. The most astounding fact about the universe to me is how we were created. Some people think that space is useless. But they don't know how big, how much it has effected mankind. It has made the night beautiful, made our technology better, made our hope rise, and it made us. When I hear the words "the universe", I think big. Amazing. Beautiful. I think us, because the universe made us. The universe is the parent of our first ancestors. And us.

Nora C. said...

The visuals of the video in The Most Astounding Fact About The Universe reminded me that the universe is so full of so many strange things that we do not yet know about.

The words in the video made me think about the fact that we are part of the universe and we are not just small little things sitting on a planet.

To me, the most astounding fact about the universe is that we are part of every dead star and the universe is inside of every one of us.

When I hear the words "the universe" I think of everything up in the night sky and beyond that.

Josh C said...

The Most Astounding Fact About The Universe sure lives up to it's title. Mr.Casal, could you please show us more of Max Schlickenmeyer's work.

Wyatt R said...

When I saw the video, it's visuals made me think about how big the universe is. What he said made me think about stars because in the beginning of the video he said we are really created from blown up stars. I think the most astounding fact about the universe is that space just goes on and on. When I hear the words "the universe" I think about space and stars.

Ganden F said...

The visuals made me think more deeply about that topic. His words made me think about me being big. I have always thought of me as small. I thing the adams are the most astounding fact. The video made it seem the best and coolest. When I hear the words the universe I think about Mars and Pluto and all the stars and planets. I also think about the Roman gods names because they are mostly planets.

leola B said...

When I think about the universe I think stars the moon the different planets and astronauts.

The most astounding factI know about the universe is that there are over 1billon stars.

This mans word made me feel sad almost happy.

the visuals on this video made me want to stay on earth forever but also see the universe.

HazelB said...

The visuals make me wonder if that is what the universe is really that beautiful and full of stars.
In the video the plants are close up and i wonder is that what the plants really look like?

The man's words make me fell like i am kind of in the universe at the moment. His words are touching because they tell you that the universe is in you and you are the universe. If you need to take care of yourself you need to take good care of the universe.

The most astounding fact to me is that that universe goes on forever! Its just like numbers, They go on for as long as you can think of.
its amazing

When i hear the words universe i think about beauty. How beautiful the universe is, all the stars in the dark space that make them shine even more. How beautiful the big bright plants would be in the dark space also.

CamilaM said...

The visuals make me think about how important stars are and they give out the ingredients to life. His words make me think about how all our atoms came from all those exploding stars. The most outstanding fact about the universe is that the universe is infinite. Anything can fit in the universe without being crowded. When I hear the words "The universe" I think about a big world containing many things, a magical world, an expanding world, that contains life.

Stella.L said...

This video made me think of space and the worlds above us. I felt that way because the video showed many pictures of planets and I almost felt like I was floating. His words made me think about how life on earth was brought together by all the animals and plants and planets all made something to make us. To me the most astounding fact about the universe is that almost everything that walks or walked was created almost from nothing. Yet we all are here and doing things that are overwhelming and amazing by being alive. When I hear the words "the universe" I think of people and animals and plants and planets that make up the universe.

Caleb C. said...

The visuals of the video made me think about all the life spans in the universe and space because a lot of the video showed space.

The words made me think about how great it is to be alive and again, how great the universe is.

for me the greatest fact about the universe is how everything in the universe works together to make everything as good as it can be.

When i here the words "The universe" it makes me think about absolutely everything.

Grace L. said...

I think the most astounding fact about the universe is amazing. It really makes me think about the world differently. To look at the world not in a planet but something totally different. The visuals of this video makes me think of a black area with all these colors around it. Like a weld were it is black. But then all these stars come floating in. It is a beautiful video. it makes me want to be in space. to look at this planet and this solar system more. For me there is no one astounding fact. For me there is so many astounding facts. This video is one of the most astounding facts. i think everything that has to do with the solar system is astounding. the way the planets move, the way the stars are made of atoms. When i here the word Universe. I think of a lot of things. I think of me stars and planets. i think of so many things. But I always think of the solar system.

Ella .F said...

This videos visuals made me feel like i was there in space. His words made me think about the earth was created and made. And when i hear the words"the Universe" is how and why the earth was made and how so many amazing creatures live on earth. And lastly i think the most astounding fact about the universe is everything and everyone on earth.

DanielT said...

I think about the Milky Way Galaxy when I here the words "the universe." For me the most astounding fact about the universe is that the atoms come from the stars. The visuals and his words made me think how interesting and cool the universe can be.

maggie W said...

This video makes me think about how I was created and how the universe was created. It also makes me think about how adams build up to make everything that exits and most of those things we have not discovered.

The most astounding thing to me is the brain. It makes all living actually alive by telling your heart to beat and for you to breath.

What I usually think about when I think about the universe I think about planets and life.

Jack. B said...

The video made me think about space because it showed rockets and a lot of space. The words made me think about space in a different view now i see space like stars and even planets are alive

Erik N. said...

The picture where it showed saturn's moon made me think of the death star. I think the coolest fact about the universe is black holes because they are so mysterious. His words made me think about stars.

Daniel S. H. said...

The Most Astounding Fact is a great video. It's a sci-fi video about Outer Space. And sci-fi movies have outer space origins usually.

The Most Astounding Fact is about how the solar system makes stars. I Saw the stars and the planets and a NASA space rocket. NASA is a outer space company that travels to the galaxy and explore the whole outside.

MargoV. said...

when I saw the video I thought about the word maybe. And that there is more to learn. For me the most astounding fact is that there may be other universes.

Ella N. said...

This video made me think about how atoms make up most of the world.His words about how the universe is in us while we are in the universe, made me think that when he says that he means that because the universe is made up of atoms and we are made of atoms that means the we are part of the universe, but it is also part of us.To me, the most astounding fact about the universe is that we are part of the universe and the universe is in us, but yet we don't know everything about the universe.When I hear the words "the universe" I think about the world beyond what we've explored in space ,the mysteries of space, everything we still don't know.