Stars

from http://science-class.net/astronomy/stars/stars.htm

Big Exploding Balls of Gas

Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art-- 

Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night

And watching, with eternal lids apart,

Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite,

The moving waters at their priestlike task

Of pure ablution round earth's human shores,

Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask

Of snow upon the mountains and the moors--

No--yet still stedfast, still unchangeable,

Pillow'd upon my fair love's ripening breast,

To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,

Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,

Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,

And so live ever--or else swoon to death.

John Keats

Hands-on Lessons, Labs, & Activities

How big is that star? - Students will be able to explain

the relationship between radius and mass among a list of stars.

Classifying Stars - Lesson from NASA; using the HR diagram

Star Color & Temperature - examine the relationship between

star color and temperature by creating an HR diagram

Read about this lesson on my blog.

Stars on the Move - Lesson to use with the Discovery Education

Exploration

Types of Stars in Our Galaxy - To provide a sense of the

abundance of different-colored stars and the relationship between

color and temperature, mass, and age

Star Type - nice reading/worksheet from NASA

Star Darts - By creating and naming their own constellations

using "StarDarts," children learn how constellations were named

and how stars can appear so close together, yet be light years

apart.

Celestial Circles -Children 8-14 model Earth's axial tilt and

movement around our Sun to reinforce their knowledge

about the "fixed" North Star and the apparent movement of the

zodiac and stars through the year. This activity is an extension

to Zodiac Track

Zodiac Track - Children illustrate the constellations of the

zodiac and Polaris and re-create the band of zodiac signs to

reinforce their understanding that Earth's rotation and axial

inclination causes the apparent progression of stars across the

night sky.

Star Master Viewer - Create a StarMaster Viewer and StarCards

to explore the constellations.

Multimedia and Online Resources

Explore the Systems, Life Cycle, and Characteristics of Stars

with WorldWide Telescope - Learn about the systems,

life cycle, and characteristics of stars by experiencing an in-depth,

interactive view of stars using the Microsoft WorldWide Telescope

Star Light, Star Bright - Catch the (light) wave!

Find out how color can be more than meets the eye.

Shoot the Stars - Explore the doppler effect

Star Life Cycle

Review and Reinforcement Lessons and Activities

Stars Vocabulary Review Domino Game - cut out & laminate

dominoes before playing - NEW November 2016

Big Science Idea Slide - sum up the big ideas in this unit with

one slide

Word Wall for Stars & Galaxies

3D/Interactive Grapic Organizer - HR Diagram 1

3D/Interactive Grapic Organizer - HR Diagram 2

3D/Interactive Grapic Organizer - Life Cycle 1

3D/Interactive Grapic Organizer - Life Cycle 2

Graphic Organizer

Exit Ticket - Star Life Cycle

Interactive Graphic Organizer for Star Types

Queensland Science Teacher Resources - Cloze readings,

crossword puzzles, and other resources to supplement the

study of astronomy