STARS - Lifecycles of Stars (Con't)

OPENING QUESTIONS: Why are we making our current 3-star posters? (Let's go for more than "To Learn About Stars" or some other such!)

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
  • Blue Giant Stars
  • Red Dwarf Stars
  • Yellow Stars
  • White Dwarf Stars
  • Black Dwarfs
  • Brown Dwarfs
  • Black Holes
  • Neutron Stars

WORK O' THE DAY:

Before we go on, there's been some *interesting* conversation around hyper-giant stars (a fairly recent discovery). Before we dive into those, let's take a look at THIS very cool video that helps us understand size and scale when it comes to planets.

How about THIS for a size comparison of that very largest star (VY Canis Majoris). Notice that the article mentions it would take 3 billion suns to fill in that massive star To help understand just how incredibly large that is, imagine you started counting those 3 billion suns-- it would take you just over 100 years to count them all if you counted 1 per second and did nothing at except counting suns!

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Our goal is to be comfortable with the life cycles of 3 types of Main Sequence (What are them things again?) stars to the point where we can compare and contrast how each of those stars is born, how they "live" their lives and how they die.

What is a brown dwarf? (Please discuss) By the by, why is it, do you suppose, that we don't really care about brown dwarfs?

Check out that Blue Supergiant in the graph below. Do you notice anything kinda, well, interesting thereabouts?

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Here's a BRIEF recap of what we've learned about stars so far. The graphics are easy to follow and the narration is generally accurate. However there are some details that are a wee bit off. How many of those can you find?

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Take a look at your poster and the various charts I've shared with you.

Pick an atom on the periodic table that is created in our sun.

Determine how many protons are in that atom.

Make a "path" for that proton during the life of our sun on a google slide -- be prepared to share!

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