Cosmic Calendar Handout

Cut out the 3 rows of calendar months. Glue the 4-month strips end-to-end on a large piece of paper so you have one long row - a 12 month "timeline". Where on this timeline do you think the events at the bottom of the page should be placed? 

JANUARY

 1  2  3  4  5  6  7

 8  9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31
 
FEBRUARY 

          1  2  3  4

 5  6  7  8  9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28            
MARCH 

          1  2  3  4

 5  6  7  8  9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31   
APRIL              1

 2  3  4  5  6  7  8

 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30

 

MAY 

    1  2  3  4  5  6

 7  8  9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31         
JUNE 

             1  2  3

 4  5  6  7  8  9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30   
JULY               1

 2  3  4  5  6  7  8

 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30 31
 
AUGUST 

       1  2  3  4  5

 6  7  8  9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

 

SEPTEMBER 

                1  2

 3  4  5  6  7  8  9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30
 
OCTOBER 

 1  2  3  4  5  6  7

 8  9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31
 
NOVEMBER 

          1  2  3  4

 5  6  7  8  9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30      
DECEMBER        1  2

 3  4  5  6  7  8  9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31

 

The First
Galaxies Formed
The Earliest
Dinosaurs Appeared
Homo Sapiens
Appeared
The
Big Bang
Air-breathing
Life Appeared
Globular Clusters
Formed
Marine Plant and
Animal Life Formed
The Solar
System Formed
First Human
Hunter-Gatherers
The First
Life on Earth

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