What Makes a Star? A Treasure Hunt
by Cheri Neubauer and Jennifer Berg
What Makes a Star?
Introduction:
This Treasure Hunt will
help you gain knowledge or review your own knowledge of the properties of stars
and the birth of stars. With a partner, click on the links below to answer
the following questions. Record your answers on the printout provided.
Pay close attention to text, as well as diagrams and captions. It may be
necessary to view entire web pages. (Scroll all the way to the
bottom if necessary!)
Questions:
 1. What is a star called before it is
born? |
| 2. A star is born when a --- stops
---. |
| 3. How many days does it take the sun
to make one complete rotation? |
| 4. The Sun is an enormous ball of ---
and --- gas. |
| 5. The Sun is --- times the size of
the Earth. |
| 6. What is the name of the link that
would show gas pillars of a new forming star? |
| 7. When a star is forming from a cloud
of gas, some of the denser clumps --- faster. |
| 8. How are bright stars, red giants
and white dwarfs different? |
| 9. The sun is --- miles away from the
Earth. |
| 10. How old is the
Sun? |
| 11. What is the name of the uppermost part
of the atmosphere of the Sun? |
| 12. How is the structure of the Sun
similar to the structure of the Earth? |
| 13. Stars are formed in ---, also
called a stellar nursery. |
| 14. What kind of star is the
Sun? |
| 15. Approximately when will the sun
die? |
Web sites to Discover:
 Birth
of a Star |
| The
Sun |
| Birth
of Stars Diagram |
| Intro
to the Sun |
| Solar
Structure |
| Sun's
Birth |
| Sun's
Death |
| Activities |
The "Big" Question
Pretend you are a star and give yourself a star name. Write at
least three paragraphs and draw at least three pictures to illustrate your life
cycle from birth to death.
Sources:
Yellow background. [Online Image] Available
http://www.bellsnwhistles.com/bkg1.html, July 31, 2002.
Black and Yellow rule. [Online Image] Available
http://www.bellsnwhistles.com/page3.html, July 31, 2002.
Blue Star. [Online Image] Available
http://www.bellsnwhistles.com/page39.html, July 31, 2002.
Red Star. [Online Image] Available
http://www.bellsnwhistles.com/page39.html, July 31, 2002.
Green Star. [Online Image] Available
http://www.bellsnwhistles.com/page39.html, July 31, 2002.
Twinkle Star. [Online Image] Available
http://www.bellsnwhistles.com/page39.html, July 31, 2002.
Purple and Black Twinkling Bullet.
[Online Image] Available http://www.bellsnwhistles.com/page20.html, July 31,
2002.
Orange Flashing
Bullet. [Online Image] Available http://www.bellsnwhistles.com/page22.html, July
31, 2002.