Stars Characteristics and Life Cycle Activity

Teach your students about a star's characteristics and life cycle through science text and graphic organizers. Students will read through the text to learn about the size, composition, brightness, and surface temperature of a star, the Hertzsprung - Russell diagram, and the life cycle that includes low and high mass stars, red giants, supergiants, supernovas, white dwarf, black dwarf, black hole, and neutron stars. Next, students will demonstrate their understanding by filling in graphic organizers and answering comprehension questions.

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Students will learn the following:

• About the characteristics of a star
• Composition
• Size
• Color and temperature
• Brightness: absolute and apparent brightness

• The life cycle of a star
• Includes nebula, protostar, track for low and high mass stars: red giant, planetary nebula, white dwarf, black dwarf, supergiant, supernova, black hole, neutron star

This lesson includes:

• Sneak Peek into My Classroom pages: Read to learn how I teach this lesson in my own classroom.
• Digital version of the following print activities
• 7 pages of science worksheets will give students background information on the characteristics and life cycle of a star.
• A life cycle of a star diagram
• The life cycle of a star review sheet
• 3 graphic organizers:
  • Characteristics of a star
    • Brightness: Apparent and absolute
    • Composition
    • Size and color
    • Temperature
  • Hertzsprung - Russell diagram (HR diagram)
  • Life cycle of a star

• Answer key

Students will be able to display their knowledge through the comprehension questions and by filling in the sketch note graphic organizers.

How to use this activity in your classroom:

• Science centers
• Introduction to characteristics of stars and life cycle of a star
• Homework assignment
• Sub plans
• Reinforcement of science concepts
• Review
• Enrichment

Feedback from teachers:

• First class resources!
• Information is to the point and great layout of resources!
• My students were very engaged with the doodle notes. Looking forward to using these again next year!
• Great Resource

Other lessons and activities to support your unit on stars:

• Stars Digital Escape Activity
• Earth's rotation and revolution activity
• Moon and lunar phases unit
• Tides and eclipses

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