Category: For older students

This is part 8 of an 8 part session series on Star Evolution. Find Part 1 here.

By watching a presentation students get the information about stages of stellar evolution. Then using the computer animation students explore the changes of stellar parameters during different stages of stellar evolution. Finally they draw a schematic diagram of stellar evolution.

Age Range: 14 – 17 years
Prep. Time: 5 mins
Lesson Time: 45 mins
Cost per activity: Printing of student’s worksheets
Includes the use of: Computer for each group of students

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This is part 7 of an 8 part session series on Star Evolution. Find Part 1 here.

By using computer animations students will explore two main energy production cycles of stars to understand how hydrogen is converted into helium and energy is released.

Age Range: 14 – 17 years
Prep. Time: Zero, if Activity 2 is done before
Lesson Time: 20 mins
Cost per activity: Printing of student’s worksheets
Includes the use of: Computer for each group of students

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This is part 6 of an 8 part session series on Star Evolution. Find Part 1 here.

By using a computer animation students will explore the connection between the temperature and luminosity of stars to understand that stars form specific groups on the diagram corresponding to the stage of their evolution.

Age Range: 14 – 17 years
Prep. Time: Zero, if Activity 2 is done before
Lesson Time: 40 mins
Cost per activity: Printing of student’s worksheets
Includes the use of: Computer for each group of students

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This is part 5 of an 8 part session series on Star Evolution. Find Part 1 here.

By using a presentation and a computer animation students will explore the connection between the apparent brightness, absolute brightness and the distance of stars to understand the different luminosity classes of stars.

Age Range: 14 – 17 years
Prep. Time: Zero, if Activity 2 is done before
Lesson Time: 35 mins
Cost per activity: Printing of student’s worksheets
Includes the use of: Computer for each group of students

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This is part 4 of an 8 part session series on Star Evolution. Find Part 1 here.

By using computer animation students get knowledge about different spectral classes of stars and typical spectral lines of each spectral class. Then they explore the picture of real stellar spectra.

Age Range: 14 – 17 years
Prep. Time: Zero, if Activity 2 is done before
Lesson Time: 35 mins
Cost per activity: Printing of student’s worksheets
Includes the use of: Computer for each group of students

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This is part 3 of an 8 part session series on Star Evolution. Find Part 1 here.

By using a computer animation students explore different types of spectra. Later they explore the spectrum of the Sun.

Age Range: 14 – 17 years
Prep. Time: Zero, if Activity 2 is done before
Lesson Time: 20 mins
Cost per activity: Printing of student’s worksheets
Includes the use of: Computer for each group of students

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This is part 2 of an 8 part session series on Star Evolution. Find Part 1 here.

By using a computer animation students will explore the colour of heated nail and will compare the observed colours with the colours of some flames and stars to draw the conclusion that the colour of the star depends from its temperature.

Age Range: 14 – 17 years
Prep. Time: 15 min
Lesson Time: 40 mins
Cost per activity: Printing of student’s worksheets
Includes the use of: Computer for each group of students

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