Black Holes
Journey into the unknown
- What
- Museum Staff-led
- When
- Terms 2 and 4, Monday to Friday
- Duration
- 45 minutes in the Planetarium
- Year level
- Years 9 to 11
- Minmum student numbers
- Minimum 15 students
- Maximum student numbers
- Maximum 150 students
- Cost
- $9 per student + education service fee
- Booking information
- Bookings 13 11 02
Narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Geoffrey Rush, this Planetarium show brings to life all that is fascinating and extreme in the world of black holes. Witness what would happen if you got too close to one, and see how a black hole is able to warp time and space.
No longer the stuff of science fiction, the discovery of the black hole has been a triumph of modern science – an incredible journey from imagination to reality.
Victorian Curriculum links
Science
- Scientific understanding, including models and theories, are contestable and are refined over time through a process of review by the scientific community (VCSSU114)
- The description and explanation of the motion of objects involves the interaction of forces and the exchange of energy and can be described and predicted using the laws of physics (VCSSU133)
VCE Physics
- Unit 2: Area of Study 2
- Unit 4: Area of study 1
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