Star Gazing
Star Gazing is a lot of fun and there is so much to see. Just look up!!!
Star Gazing
Your homework over the next few nights is ........ TO START STAR GAZING! There is so much to see. Use the ABC Beginners Guide to the Night Sky.
Start with finding the Southern Cross and Orion Constellations using the star map provided. Try the iphone app "Star Walk 2" |
Viewing the ISS
Use the website "Spot the Station" to see the international Space Station. You can see it with the naked eye but it is better to use binoculars. |
2.3) The Sun - An Average Star
Despite its importance to life on Earth, the sun is a very ordinary star in a relatively unremarkable part of the Universe. The light coming out of the Sun is the result of nuclear fusion occuring at the center of the Sun. Hydrogen nuclei join together to form helium nuclei. When this happens, vasts amount of energy is produced. We live about 150 million kilometres away from the Sun and hence it's light takes about 8 minutes to reach us. Profile of the Sun Age: 4.6 Billion Years Type: Yellow Dwarf (G2V) Diameter: 1,392,684 km Circumference at Equator: 4,370,005.6 km Mass: 1,989,100,000,000,000,000,000 billion kg (333,060 x Earth) Surface Temperature: 5500 °C Use the Practical provided to determine the diameter of the Sun
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2.4) The Life Cycles of Stars:
Use the Information provided to create a poster that demonstrates the three different Life Cycle of Stars:
1 : Average Stars 2: Large Stars 3: Very Large Stars. Your group will be asked to present the information to the class. Your group should A short five minute video that gives a very good explanation about stars and how their existence is a always balanced by gravity and nuclear fusion. |
Imagine what it would be like to travel inside a Black Hole.
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2.5) What Light tells us about STARS
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Spectrum of the Sun
More Resources
1) National Geographic Channel explores what we would find if we were able to travel the entire length of our universe in Journey to the Edge of the Universe. (approx 90 mins)
2. An outstanding short TED talk where Dennis Wildfogel tells the captivating tale of atoms' long journeys from the Big Bang to the molecules they form today and why we are made up of star dust. Cosmologists often refer to people as "cousins of the clouds". What is the Universe composed of? (approx 4 mins)
3. What are Stars? by Akila Jeeson-Daniel who is an Astrophysicist
4. What are Planets? There are just eight planets in our solar system, but there could be a hundred billion in our Milky Way galaxy alone. As we enter into a golden age of planetary discovery the possibilities are endless. Pushing out deep into space we are finding planets that are stranger than we could ever have imagined. From giant burning gas spheres to icy orphaned worlds wandering in interstellar space. So just how did they get to be so different? This video responds to all these questions.
5. The colour of stars - a link to a site which explores how the colour of a star tells scientists what it is made of.
6. The Life Cycle of stars - an activity to show what happens as stars move through their life cycle
7. More Information on the Life Cycle of Stars.
8. Black Holes - travel inside a black hole. Are they links to other universes?
9. What you weigh in different parts of the universe - The Exploratorium
10. Seeing all components of the Universe requires Observatories in Space.
11. An amazing new documentary by National Geographic "Inside the Milky Way" (1 hour and 35 mins)
12. An indepth study of the Sun called "Dark Secrets of the Sun"
13. Wonders of the Universe episode 1 Destiny
14. A musical investigation into the nature of atoms and subatomic particles called "Symphony of Science" featuring Morgan Freeman, Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku, Brian Cox, Richard Feynman and Frank Close.
1) National Geographic Channel explores what we would find if we were able to travel the entire length of our universe in Journey to the Edge of the Universe. (approx 90 mins)
2. An outstanding short TED talk where Dennis Wildfogel tells the captivating tale of atoms' long journeys from the Big Bang to the molecules they form today and why we are made up of star dust. Cosmologists often refer to people as "cousins of the clouds". What is the Universe composed of? (approx 4 mins)
3. What are Stars? by Akila Jeeson-Daniel who is an Astrophysicist
4. What are Planets? There are just eight planets in our solar system, but there could be a hundred billion in our Milky Way galaxy alone. As we enter into a golden age of planetary discovery the possibilities are endless. Pushing out deep into space we are finding planets that are stranger than we could ever have imagined. From giant burning gas spheres to icy orphaned worlds wandering in interstellar space. So just how did they get to be so different? This video responds to all these questions.
5. The colour of stars - a link to a site which explores how the colour of a star tells scientists what it is made of.
6. The Life Cycle of stars - an activity to show what happens as stars move through their life cycle
7. More Information on the Life Cycle of Stars.
8. Black Holes - travel inside a black hole. Are they links to other universes?
9. What you weigh in different parts of the universe - The Exploratorium
10. Seeing all components of the Universe requires Observatories in Space.
11. An amazing new documentary by National Geographic "Inside the Milky Way" (1 hour and 35 mins)
12. An indepth study of the Sun called "Dark Secrets of the Sun"
13. Wonders of the Universe episode 1 Destiny
14. A musical investigation into the nature of atoms and subatomic particles called "Symphony of Science" featuring Morgan Freeman, Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku, Brian Cox, Richard Feynman and Frank Close.