OBJECTIVE:  I will research and diagram the lifecycle of a small, medium and giant sized star during today's class

WORD FOR TODAY:

• solar nebula
• fusion
• nucleosynthesis
• Strong Force
• main sequence
• White Dwarf Stars*
• Red Dwarf Stars
• Brown Dwarf Stars*
• Blue Giant Stars
• Yellow Stars
• Neutron Stars*

* are not actual stars since there is no fusion going on

WORK O' THE DAY:

Let's get someone appoint/request/appoint/volunteer someone to lead us in the SUN SONG (here's a link to the spinner!)

Do Re Mi .... tra la la... it's that time again

Please grab a big ol' 3' x 4' (that would be 3 feet by 4 feet!) slice of butcher paper and divide that into thirds.

Take a gander at THIS VERY COOL graphic

Divide your paper (roughly) into 3rds.

#1: Red dwarf

#2: Yellow star

#3: Blue giant

You *must* make a significant effort to show the differences in sizes of those star (is it possible to show those stars to scale? why or why not?)

Now please make your best effort to include the following information about our 3 types of stars:

• AGE (life span range of that type of star in years)
• DIAMETER (kilometers)
• SURFACE TEMP (kelvins)
• PRIMARY ELEMENTS created during the main life of that type of star
• DEATH (what happens to that type of star when nucleosynthesis ends?)
  • EXAMPLE (Name of example star in that class)
  • DISTANCE FROM THE SUN (in light years to that example star)