Table of Contents Georgia Performance Standards What are stars? Are you a SUPER STAR? Did you know that the sun is a star? Constellations Big Dipper/Little Dipper Star Jeopardy Super Star Websites Zuzu & Guiness

Georgia Performance Standards Earth Science S2E1. Students will understand that stars have different sizes, brightness, and patterns. a. Describe the physical attributes of stars— size, brightness, and patterns. Table of Contents

What are stars? Stars are created from gas and dust. Each star in the sky is an enormous glowing ball of gas. The Space Place The Space Place is a great place to learn more about stars! Table of Contents

Did you know that the… SUN SUN is a star? Table of Contents

Star Patterns in the Sky are groups of stars that, when seen from Earth, form a pattern. The stars in the sky are divided into 88 constellations. For as long as humans have been looking into the night skies there have been stories of how the star got there. These stories are called myths. Table of Contents

Have you heard of these famous constellations? Big Dipper Little Dipper Click here for a story! Click here for a story! Table of Contents

Star Jeopardy StarsConstellationsBig DipperLittle Dipper 10 points 10 points 10 points 10 points 50 points 50 points 50 points 50 points 100 Points 100 Points 100 Points 100 Points Table of Contents

Super Star Websites! Virtual Telescope The Space Place Table of Contents

Yeah! Stars are out of this world! I just love learning about the Stars… don’t you Zuzu? Table of Contents