Jennifer Morgan: Cosmic Education Books & Programs

Universe Story Trilogy

BORN WITH A BANG: The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story (Book 1)
Cosmology for everyone, this is a story of the universe from the Big Bang to the formation of Earth, in the form of a letter written by the thirteen-billion-year-old universe itself to an Earthling.
FROM LAVA TO LIFE: The Universe Tells Our Earth Story (Book 2)
The Universe continues with the story of Earth from the beginning of life up to the extinction of dinosaurs.
Mammals Who Morph: The Universe Tells Our Evolution Story (Book 3)
Covers the story of mammals from 65 million years ago to today, including the human story.

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Using the books at the high school level . . . and beyond.

July 12, 2010

People often tell me that the books have helpful for adults and high school students to learn the story. Here's a comment I received today from Sr. Linda Neil, CSJ, a teacher at Catholic Central High School, Troy, New York:

"I wanted to express my thanks for your books, especially Born with a Bang. This creative approach really helped me to understand the great flaring forth in a concrete way. When I was trying to explain the Big Bang to my high school environmental students I could see that they were just not getting it- evolution was just believing that we descended from monkeys. So I took a chance and read the book to them. I did preface the reading by explaining that the book had been my door into understanding the cosmic story and I hoped it would do the same for them. They really enjoyed the book and were very attentive to the story! When they had to explain their understanding of the 'New Story', many of them refered to Born with a Bang to frame their explainations. Thanks so much for these creative, understandable yet awe-inspiring resources!"
Telling the Chazy Reef Story

Linda Fitch on piano and Claire Durand on flute for the Chazy Reef Story

Telling the Chazy Reef Story on Isle La Motte

My Mom, also known as Maureen Morgan, in the garden.

With Suzanne Guthrie in the herb garden at Community of the Holy Spirit

Preparing brunch in the farm kichen at the Community of the Holy Spirit

Page from Barbara Morgan's notebook on the need for a cosmology for our time.

At the World Science Festival with Dr. Chad Orzel, author of How To Teach Physics to Your Dog.

With Dr. Andrew Zwicker, Princeton Plasma Physics Lab

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