1. Life Cycle of Stars/ COnstellations

2. Turn in your Homework Grab your clicker Do Now
SWBAT explain the life cycle of different types of stars
Turn in your Homework
Grab your clicker
Complete the “Are we made of star stuff” Misconception sheet.
January 24
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 12%C

3. Mini Clicker Quiz

4. Think-Pair-share
What are some things that you can think of that go through life cycles?
What are the stages of their life cycles?
Stars are the same way

5. How is a star born? Close Read

6. Individual assignment
Life Cycle of A star
Individual assignment
10 minutes
Directions
Open your books to page 127
Fill out your charts
Paste your charts in your ISN on the back of page 30

7. Get out your close read from yesterday
Do now
Get out your close read from yesterday
Draw the moon phase, name, illumination
What gas is a star mostly composed of at the beginning of its life?
What happens when it begins to run out?
January 25
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 6%

8. Title: “Crash Course/ 4.1 Vocabulary”
ISN Page 23
Fusion
Convection
Corona
Sunspot
Solar Wind

9. Crash Course pg 23
What is a star?
How does a star produce energy?
How could you tell a planet from a star?
How do stars move across the night sky?
Star or not a star #1
Star or not a star #2

10. Finish How a Star is Born
Individual assignment
10 minutes
Directions
Open your books to page 127
Fill out your charts
Paste your charts in your ISN on the front of 24
Finish your questions on your “How a Star is Born” Close read.

11. What determines a star’s life cycle?
Star Life Cycles
What determines a star’s life cycle?
What happens to the elements a star fuses in its core as it gets older?
Which type of star explodes in a super nova?

12. Are We Made of Star Stuff?
Think-Pair-Share

13. We are made of the stuff a star makes in its core
Both fission and fusion are nuclear reactions that produce energy, but the applications are not the same. Fission is the splitting of a heavy, unstable nucleus into two lighter nuclei, and fusion is the process where two light nuclei combine together releasing vast amounts of energy.
Where does all of the elements we see here come from? You, me, all other life, the planets –rocks, gasses, and everything we see in the universe comes from the fusion and supernova explosions of a star. One of the most profound things I have ever learned is that not only are we a part of this universe, but the universe is also a part of us.

14. The Human Body

15. January 26 Waning Crescent Illumination: 2%
DO Now
Complete the prior knowledge questions on your H-R diagram gizmo worksheet with a partner
January 26 Waning Crescent Illumination: 2%

16. Star Notes Pg 24 A star produces energy and light by nuclear fusion
The Star’s core combines hydrogen atoms to form helium which releases energy and light.
Scientists classify stars using 5 different criteria
Brightness (Luminosity)
Size- Means mass, which determines life cycle
Temperature- This determines a star’s color, measured in Kelvin (K)
Composition- What elements a star is fusing
Color- Blue, white, yellow, orange, red.

17. H-R Diagram Gizmo Vocabulary terms you may need to know:
Complete the Gizmo Warm Up Together
Complete the H-R Diagram Gizmo by following along with the directions given on the sheet.
Vocabulary terms you may need to know:
Radius- Length from the center of a circle to the outside or half a diameter
Luminosity- The brightness of an object that gives off light
Temperature- Measured in Kelvin (K) F = 0 C = K
Mass- How much matter (atoms/stuff) something has

18. Clicker Quiz- Stars

19. Star color by temperature
Blue- hottest
White
Yellow
Orange
Red- coldest

20. Star Temperature
Create a chart using the stars given to you by coloring in the stars and pasting them in order from hottest to coldest

21. Jan 27 New Moon Illumination: 0%
Do now
SWBAT explain the life cycles of stars
As a star gets older what happens to the elements it fuses?
What is a main sequence star?
What type of star is our sun, and what part of it’s life cycle is it in?
For those who value science, truth, and social justice- welcome to the resistance.
Jan 27
New Moon
Illumination: 0%

22. Individual assignment
Life Cycle of A star
Individual assignment
10 minutes
Directions
Open your books to page 127
Fill out your charts
Paste your charts in your ISN on the back of page 30

23. Assessment Star life cycle
1. Pick a type of star (high or low mass) and act out the different stages of it’s life- must be narrated and explained as you are acting it out.
2. Make a poster to present to the class about the life cycle of a star of your choice.
3. Write a short story depicting the life of a star like our sun to read to the class.
Must all include the actual stages of the life cycle of the star
Groups will be 3-4 people

24. Exit Ticket What characteristics are used to classify stars?
How can you determine which of two stars is older by using color?
How does a stars mass determine its life cycle?
Write the colors of stars from hottest to coldest?
If a star has a temperature of 30,000 C then what color would it be?
What are the different types of stars?
Where would each type of star and color be located on an Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram?
What is fusion?
How does a star produce energy and light?
As a star gets older what happens to the elements it fuses?
What is a main sequence star?
What type of star is our sun, and what part of it’s life cycle is it in? Explain.

25. Jan 28 Waning Gibbous 82% Do now
SWBAT explain the life cycle and stages of a star
If a star has a temperature of 30,000 C then what color would it be?
How can you determine which of two stars is older by using color?
Folders- Remove any of the graded work.
Jan 28 Waning Gibbous
82%

26. Assessment Star life cycle
1. Pick a type of star (high or low mass) and act out the different stages of it’s life- must be narrated and explained as you are acting it out.
2. Make a poster to present to the class about the life cycle of a star of your choice.
3. Write a short story depicting the life of a star like our sun to read to the class.
Must all include the actual stages of the life cycle of the star
Groups will be 3-4 people

27. Presentation Norms Listener Listen actively- eyes, ears, mouths, face
Show community- support and encourage
Presenters
Use a number 5 voice so everyone can hear you
Show courage- don’t be afraid to be yourself and present what you know

28. Exit Ticket (study Questions)
What characteristics are used to classify stars?
How can you determine which of two stars is older by using color?
How does a stars mass determine its life cycle?
Write the colors of stars from hottest to coldest?
If a star has a temperature of 30,000 C then what color would it be?
What are the different types of stars?
Where would each type of star and color be located on an Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram? DRAW
What is fusion?
How does a star produce energy and light?
As a star gets older what happens to the elements it fuses?
What is a main sequence star?
What type of star is our sun, and what part of it’s life cycle is it in? Explain.

29. Jan 30 Waxing Crescent Illumination: 7%
Do Now
Where are white dwarfs located on the HR diagram?
What type of star did a white dwarf start out as, and what phase of its life is it in? (low mass/ high mass)
Jan 30
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 7%

30. Login using the information on the whiteboard
H-R Diagram Gizmo
Google: “Gizmo”
Login using the information on the whiteboard
Pick the H-R diagram gizmo
Work with a partner at your group and complete the activities.
Answer the questions completely by explaining your reasoning.
If you finish early: answer the questions on the quiz in the gizmo (write the answers on the back of your gizmo sheet), and complete vocabulary in section (galaxies, red shift, big bang)

31. Do Now January 31 Waxing Crescent Illumination: 13%
Write the colors of stars from hottest to coldest.
What are the differences between the main sequence stars in the upper left corner and the bottom right corner of the H-R diagram?

32. Stars Quiz

33. Astronomers use constellations to locate other objects in the sky.
Notes Constellations
Astronomers use constellations to locate other objects in the sky.
What’s a difference in the way a star seems to move in the night sky from the way a planet does?
Set Up- Notes Guide

34. A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky
Constellations .
A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky
Example
URSA MAJOR (The Big Dipper)
(story)
Non-Example:
“Yo, those stars look like a Pokemon. What’s it’s name? Beartic.”

35. What is a constellation? Get out the constellations close read
Do Now
What is a constellation?
Get out the constellations close read
You’ll need your ISN
February 1st
Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 22%

36. Constellation Close Read
Complete the close read about constellation and answer the questions in complete sentences

37. Ursa Major
The Hunt
The Micmac Indians of Nova Scotia and the Iroquois Indians along the St. Lawrence seaway share one story about the Big Bear. In this story, the quadrangle of the dipper represents a bear that is pursued by seven hunters; the three closest hunters are the handle of the dipper. As autumn approaches, the four farthest hunters dip below the horizon and abandon the hunt, leaving the closest three hunters to chase the bear. The hunters are all named after birds. The closest hunter to the bear is named Robin, the second closest is Chickadee, and the third is Moose Bird. Chickadee is carrying the pot in which the bear will be cooked. The second star in the handle is actually two stars [the famous double star system] called Mizar and Alcor which represent Chickadee and the pot. In autumn, as the bear attempts to stand up on two legs, Robin wounds the bear with an arrow. The wounded bear sprays blood on Robin, who shakes himself off and in the process, colors the leaves of the forest red; some blood stains Robin and he is henceforth called Robin Redbreast. The bear is eaten, and the skeleton remains traveling through the sky on its back during winter. During the following spring a new bear leaves the den and the eternal hunt resumes once more.

38. Make your own constellations
Constellations myths and culture ( read a constellation myth )
How does it represent the culture’s beliefs about the cosmos?
Draw your own constellation.
Give your constellation a name.
Write a one paragraph story about your constellation.
What is the purpose of constellation stories?

39. T-P-S “Where are the stars in orion”
Orion is a constellation- a group of stars in the sky. Choose the statement you think best describes the stars in Orion. AND EXPLAIN YOUR THINKING
The stars of Orion are close together in space
The stars in Orion orbit the Sun, just like planets
The brightest stars in Orion are the ones that are closest to us.
You can’t tell if the brightest stars in Orion are really brighter than the others, or if they are just closer to us.
The stars in Orion are all the same distance from us. That is why we see the shape of the constellation
The stars are arranged in the constellation Orion for only part of the year. The rest of the year they change their pattern and form different constellations

40. Constellations
Even though the stars in constellations looks close together, they are actually very far apart
As the Earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the sun, our perspective of the night sky changes.
Look at orion

41. Source: NASA StarChild

42. There are two types of constellations
Seasonal- Because Earth is revolving around the Sun, out position in space changes- giving us a different view of space.
Circumpolar- “around the poles”- these constellations are positioned in space where we can see them all year long. They are positioned around the North Star (Polaris)

43. Why do we see different constellations during the evening?
Earth rotates on its axis.
Rotation - When a planet or moon turns all the way around or spins on its axis one time.

44. Why do we see different constellations during the evening?
The Earth revolves around the Sun.
Revolution - The circling of one object around another object in space. The Earth revolves around the Sun. 

45. Constellations used for navigation.
The Big Dipper helps find direction.
Runaway slaves used the Big Dipper (Drinking Gourd).
Follow the Drinking Gourd.

46. Exit Ticket and Homework
What is a constellation?
What are the two types of constellations?
Explain: Why do we see some constellations all year round, but others only during certain seasons?

47. Test Review What characteristics are used to classify stars?
How can you determine which of two stars is older by using color?
How does a stars mass determine its life cycle?
Write the colors of stars from hottest to coldest?
If a star has a temperature of 8,000 C then what color would it be?
What are the different types of stars?
Where would each type of star and color be located on an Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram? DRAW
What is fusion?
How and where does a star produce energy and light?
As a star gets older what happens to the elements it fuses?
What is the life cycle of a low mass star?
What type of star is our sun, and what part of it’s life cycle is it in? Explain.

48. Do Now SWBAT identify 5 major constellations and their seasons
Make and inference: Why does it appear as if the stars are moving in a circle?
Constellations move around Polaris- the north star
Feb 1
Waning Crescent
Illumination: 47%

49. Tilt points towards Polaris
Stars seem to rise and set in the night sky because…?
Astronomers use contellations to…?

50. Make your own constellations
Constellations myths and culture ( read a constellation myth )
How does it represent the culture’s beliefs about the cosmos?
Draw your own constellation.
Give your constellation a name.
Write a one paragraph story about your constellation.
What is the purpose of constellation stories?

51. T-P-S “Where are the stars in orion”
Orion is a constellation- a group of stars in the sky. Choose the statement you think best describes the stars in Orion. AND EXPLAIN YOUR THINKING
The stars of Orion are close together in space
The stars in Orion orbit the Sun, just like planets
The brightest stars in Orion are the ones that are closest to us.
You can’t tell if the brightest stars in Orion are really brighter than the others, or if they are just closer to us.
The stars in Orion are all the same distance from us. That is why we see the shape of the constellation
The stars are arranged in the constellation Orion for only part of the year. The rest of the year they change their pattern and form different constellations

52. Constellations
Even though the stars in constellations looks close together, they are actually very far apart
As the Earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the sun, our perspective of the night sky changes.
Look at orion

53. Source: NASA StarChild

54. February 2 Waxing Crescent Illumination: 32%
Do Now
Explain: Why do we see some constellations all year round, but others only during certain seasons?
February 2 Waxing Crescent Illumination: 32%

55. There are two types of constellations
Seasonal- Because Earth is revolving around the Sun, out position in space changes- giving us a different view of space.
Circumpolar- “around the poles”- these constellations are positioned in space where we can see them all year long. They are positioned around the North Star (Polaris)

56. Why do we see different constellations during the evening?
Earth rotates on its axis.
Rotation - When a planet or moon turns all the way around or spins on its axis one time.

57. Why do we see different constellations during the evening?
The Earth revolves around the Sun.
Revolution - The circling of one object around another object in space. The Earth revolves around the Sun. 

58. Constellations used for navigation.
The Big Dipper helps find direction.
Runaway slaves used the Big Dipper (Drinking Gourd).
Follow the Drinking Gourd.

59. Constellations Stations
What is a constellation?
Name
Season
Important Features
(These 5 constellations you NEED to know- name, season)

60. Constellations These ARE constellations .

61. Ursa Major
Also called the Big Bear.
Season- all year (Circumpolar) .

62. The Little Dipper (Ursa Minor)
Also called The Little Bear.
Season: All year (Circumpolar) .

63. The Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) Also called The Little Bear .

64. The Little Dipper (Ursa Minor)
How to find the North Star (Polaris) .

65. Orion (The Hunter). Season- winter
Betelgeuse >>>>>>
Red Supergiant star
1000 times bigger
Than our Sun. .

66. Orion (The Hunter) .

67. Cygnus (The Swan) Season- Summer.

68. Scorpius (The Scorpion)
Season- summer .

69. Leo (The Lion) season- summer.

70. Cassiopeia (The Queen)
Season- winter .

71. Constellation Projects

72. .

73. What is the name and season of the constellation pictured
Do Now
Identify 5 major constellations and seasons
What is the name and season of the constellation pictured
Feb 3
Waxing crescent
Illumination 42%

74. Finish Stations
Complete your stations
Once finished: Sit in your seat, and get some index cards (or get out your own)

75. CONSTELLATIONS Flash Cards Create flash cards using the note cards.
Drawing of the constellation on front side
Name and season on the back side.
CONSTELLATIONS
Orion
Ursa Major (Great Bear)
Cygnus
Scorpius
Cassiopeia

76. Study The Flash Cards (5 minutes)
Person With the Shortest Hair goes first
Have the person across from you start by showing the picture of the constellation
You: name the constellation and season that it’s in
Once finished, switch roles

78. Boards up
Write answer on board
Switch writer after every answer
Boards up (mouths closed, eyes and ears up front)
Take care of markers

79. Name that constellation and season.

80. Name that constellation and season.

81. Name that constellation and season.

82. Name that constellation and season.

83. Name that constellation and season.

84. Name that constellation and season.

85. Name that constellation and season.

86. Constellation Confusion/ Project

87. Do Now
Name __________
Illumination 19%
As an observer, the flash lights seems brighter or dimmer depending on the distance you observe the light from. The further away you are the dimmer the light will appear. However, if you were to observe the light emitted by the three flashlights from the same distance, would one light appear brighter than another? Explain.
Astronomers must calculate a stars distance in order to calculate its ACTUAL brightness, because from Earth it may APPEAR brighter or dimmer depending on how far away it is.

88. Quiz
Take
Grade?

89. Bill Nye https://vimeo.com/37067843 Answer questions-
Complete the diagram on the back based on the questions and page ______ in the book.

90. Seasons What is a season- how is it different from weather/ climate?
Tilt of the earth
What is a hemisphere- what 2 hemispheres are there?
Why do we experience seasons?
Indirect/ Direct sunlight (heat and energy)?
Diagrams of seasons- when/where/why/ which hemisphere?
Labs? Activities
Equinox/ Solstice