Aims…
8.7 understand how stars can be classified according to their colour
8.8 know that a star’s colour is related to its surface temperature
8.9 describe the evolution of stars of similar mass to the Sun through the following stages:
- Nebula
- Star (main sequence)
- Red giant
- White dwarf
8.10 describe the evolution of stars with a mass larger than the Sun
Triple Only….
8.11P understand how the brightness of a star at a standard distance can be represented using absolute magnitude (Triple)
8.12P draw the main components of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (HR diagram). (Triple)
Resources…
8 Astrophysics Part C Stellar Evolution
Cosmology Orion Data
Literacy Starter the Sun Nebula and Protostars
Mass and Surface Temp and Size Graphing
Hertzsprung Russell Activity
Hertzsprung Russell Diagrams Questions
Lesson 5 Exam Question Life Cycle Supernova Literacy
Lesson 6 How Elements Form Worksheet DP
Dark Energy Extended Reading Task
Finding the Hubble Constant
Hubble Constant Graph
GCSE Notes Extended Reading Red shift
Video Clips…
Star Luminosity and the Hertsprung Russell
The Periodic Table Song
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Prof Brian Cox - Wonders of the Universe
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Professor Brian Cox is back with another insightful and mind-blowing exploration of space. This time he shows us our universe as we've never ...seen it before.
13.7 billion years old. 93 billion light years wide. It contains over 100 billion galaxies, each containing hundreds of billions of stars. This infinite, vast and complex Universe has been the subject of human fascination and scientific exploration for thousands of years. The wonders of the Universe might seem alien to us and impossible to understand, but away from the telescopes, the labs and the white coats, Professor Brian Cox uses the evidence found in the natural world around us to explain its simple truths.
Travelling to the North Pole, Professor Cox demonstrates how spinning worlds create electrical currents and magnetism; he looks at the South Pacific Ocean to explain how the Universe communicates and moves in waves; he shows us how the water of the Angel Falls waterfall in Venezuela behaves exactly like the light does around a black hole. The same laws of light, gravity, time, matter and energy that govern us here on Earth are the same as those applied in the Universe. Using 3D CGI imagery, his expert knowledge and his infectious enthusiasm, Professor Cox shows us that if we can understand the impact of these governing laws on Earth it will bring us a step closer to an understanding of our Universe.
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Suitable for teaching 14-16s. Professor Brian Cox demonstrates how the chemical elements are made in the death throes of a dying star.
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Professor Brian Cox demonstrates how the chemical elements are made in the death throes of a dying star. All 92 elements on Earth, including those that make up our bodies, were formed at the heart of a star. Small stars like our Sun produce the lighter atoms through fusion reactions. Larger stars with heavier cores make the heavier elements up to iron. The rest are forged by exploding supernovae or the deaths of the very largest stars.
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