Stars from Beginning to End

How Stars Are Born, Live, and Die

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Follow the cycle of a star’s life from its birth in a nebula to its final end. Discover red giants, white dwarfs, supernovae, and black holes.

Teacher Guide 

 

Objectives

  • Identify planets visible to the unaided eye in the evening/morning sky.
  • Name at least three constellations visible in the evening/morning sky.
  • Differentiate the significance of a star's color relative to its temperature.
  • Compare the fundamental importance of a star's mass to its life history and be able to state that massive stars live much shorter lives than stars like our Sun.
  • Describe the evolutionary track of two stars of differing masses.
 

Ohio's Learning Standards

Grade 8

Earth and Space Science – Forces and Motion

  • Forces between objects act when the objects are in direct contact or when they are not touching.
  • There are different types of potential energy.
  • Forces have magnitude and direction.

Grade 9 and 10

Physical Science – Energy and Waves

  • Radiant energy and the electromagnetic spectrum
  • Waves

Earth and Space Science – The Universe

  • Stars
  • Fusion in stars
  • Formation; stages of evolution
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