My Big History Course at ELM – 2

The Early Solar System

This lesson is about how the Solar System came to be the way it is today.

Course Sessions

1. The Early Universe
2. The Early Solar System
3. Early Life
4. Early Humans
5. Early Civilization
6. Classical Civilization
7. Oriental Civilizations
8. The Middle Ages
9. Renaissance and Reformation
10. Enlightenment
11. Age of Revolution
12. The Industrial Revolution
13. Two World Wars
14. The Cold War
15. Recent Times
16. The Future

Session 2 Topics

• Giant Impact Theory
• How Planets are Classified
• Mercury, Venus, and Mars
• The Gas Giants
• Pluto and Beyond

In Lieu of Textbook

Venue

Enrichment of Life Movement (ELM) in Marietta, Georgia. ELM’s Course Description.

More Information

Formation of the Solar System| |Summary Article| |The Sun| |The Earth| |Giant Impact Theory