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This item is a middle school activity on the origins of the cosmos.  Students prepare a complex recipe for a "cosmic" soup.  At each phase of the preparation, analogies may be made between the ingredients of the soup and the evolution of galaxies, stars, and planets.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Astronomy
- Galaxies
= Galaxy Formation
- Stars
= Stellar Evolution
- Middle School
- Graduate/Professional
- Elementary School
- Instructional Material
= Activity
Appropriate Courses Categories Ratings
- Physical Science
- Physics First
- Conceptual Physics
- Activity
- New teachers
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© 2004 Michael Romano
Keywords:
galaxies, origins of universe, planet formation, star formation
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Metadata instance created June 12, 2008 by Caroline Hall
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March 6, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
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May 31, 2008
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AIP Format
M. Romano, (2004), WWW Document, (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/origins/cosmicsoup.html).
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M. Romano, NOVA Origins: Cosmic Soup (2004), <https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/origins/cosmicsoup.html>.
APA Format
Romano, M. (2008, May 31). NOVA Origins: Cosmic Soup. Retrieved February 12, 2026, from https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/origins/cosmicsoup.html
Chicago Format
Romano, Michael. NOVA Origins: Cosmic Soup. May 31, 2008. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/origins/cosmicsoup.html (accessed 12 February 2026).
MLA Format
Romano, Michael. NOVA Origins: Cosmic Soup. 2004. 31 May 2008. 12 Feb. 2026 <https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/origins/cosmicsoup.html>.
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@misc{ Author = "Michael Romano", Title = {NOVA Origins: Cosmic Soup}, Volume = {2026}, Number = {12 February 2026}, Month = {May 31, 2008}, Year = {2004} }
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%0 Electronic Source %A Romano, Michael %D May 31, 2008 %T NOVA Origins: Cosmic Soup %V 2026 %N 12 February 2026 %8 May 31, 2008 %9 text/html %U https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/origins/cosmicsoup.html


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