Changes for Teacher Resources - Investigating Stars

Challenge:

01. Caliente Quadruplets
02. Ike S. N. Wannabee
03. Wayfar Extrasolar
04. I. M. Littlewhite
05. Biggen Scarlet
06. Guly and Oro Twinstar
07. Bea Blinker
08. Yello Solartwin
09. Ucant Seeme
10. Soeyem Notsohot

Exploration One: Our Local Neighborhood

First Thoughts: The Stellar Zoo

Jewel Box Cluster

Activity 1: What Kind of Stars Are There?

NASA
Wikipedia
Windows to the Universe
Astronomy Photo of the Day site

Activity 3: What Determines the Color and Temperature of Stars?

Cygnus Starfield

Internet Site for step 4

Exploration Two: The Lives of Stars

First Thoughts: Do Stars Have Lives?

Ant Nebula

Activity 1: How Are Stars Classified?

• Student Data Center - Unknown Stellar Spectra
• Part B

Activity 3: The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

• Fig. 3-9 - The Hertzsprung Diagram figure
• Star Circles

Activity 4: The Lives of Two Stars

• Evolution of Stars game cards
• Evolution of Stars Game Board

Activity 5: Using the H-R Diagram to Determine the Age of Stars in a Cluster

• Star Gauge template
• Jewel Box hard copy version
• Jewel Box gauge (raw image)

Exploration Three: The Deaths of Stars

First Thoughts:

What Do You Know About Black Holes?

Activity 1: Unstable Stars: Planetary Nebulae and White Dwarfs

• Planetary images - 12 images on 2 pages

Activity 2: Unstable Stars: Variables

• Student Data Center - The Light Curve of WCyg

Activity 3: The Atom Factories of the Universe: Supernovae

• Student Data Center - The Crab Nebula