Homeschool Unit Study: Black Holes

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Children often love to learn about planets, stars, comets, and the rest of the cosmos. Scientists are making new discoveries about space every single day, so there is always something new to learn.

One of the biggest enigmas of the Universe is black holes. There is so little that we know about them, yet studying them is fascinating.

So, what exactly is a black hole? A black hole is a collapsed star. When a star reaches the end of its life, it does not always explode and destroy itself. Instead, the immense weight of the star may cause it to collapse into a tiny, infinitely dense point. The gravity of the black hole is so strong that even light is pulled into it and cannot escape.

A wide variety of theories exist about the role that black holes play in the creation of the Universe, galaxies, and planets. Are you ready to get started teaching a black hole unity study to your kids? All right, here we go!