Students will encounter cinematic portrayals of black holes, analyze discrepancies between film and science, and develop a focused, investigable research question with a clear hypothesis to guide their Black Hole Investigation Research Notebook.

Students will design a clear, systematic methodology to investigate the scientific accuracy of a selected scene or claim from *The Black Hole*, aligning their research question with an appropriate approach, credible sources, and a detailed data collection plan before gathering evidence.

Students will systematically collect and document evidence comparing selected scenes from *The Black Hole* to established astrophysics research, carefully recording timestamps, sources, observational conditions, and anomalies in their individual research notebooks to build a reliable dataset for later analysis.

Students will transform their collected evidence from film scenes and scientific sources into meaningful interpretations by creating visualizations, identifying patterns and anomalies, and evaluating how their findings relate to their original research question and hypothesis about black hole portrayals.

Students will synthesize their investigation into warranted conclusions about black hole portrayals in The Black Hole, explicitly acknowledge limitations, generate new investigable questions, and defend their findings during the Cosmic Cinema Showcase.