Life cycle of stars
A comprehensive PowerPoint covering the formation of massive stars, with a focus on developing students' understanding of the sequence and keywords associated with stars, along with supporting videos and answers.
Includes a range of engaging tasks for students to complete including questions, a timeline and hot-seating activity, as well as stretch, peer discussion and self-assessment tasks, and a gap-fill consolidation or homework task to summarise the life cycle of a massive star.
Keywords taught in this lesson:
black hole
main sequence
neutron star
protostar
red giant
red supergiant
supernova
white dwarf
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Review this resourceShould red supergiant after main sequence stage. Some cut and stick pictures would be useful for the boxes.
20/12/2021
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Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. We've updated the resource to make the sequence clearer in the Word activity.
