Description

UCAR Staff Abstract:

This lithograph contains a Hubble Space Telescope image that shows the colorful Planetary Nebula NGC 2440 with one of the hottest known white dwarfs at its center. The text briefly explains the process of stellar death of sun-like stars and those with a mass greater than eight times the Sun. The accompanying classroom activity is a curriculum support tool designed for use as an introductory inquiry activity. It can be incorporated into a unit that has a scientific inquiry and/or stellar evolution theme. During the classroom activity, In Search of... Stellar Death, students use the lithograph images and text to generate questions about the planetary nebula NGC 2440 and how stars end their lives. Students conduct research to answer their questions then compare the endpoints of different mass stars, providing supporting evidence from their research.

Subject:

Chemistry, Geoscience, Physics, Space Science

Level:

High School, Community College / Lower Division, Graduate / Professional, Adult Education

Material Type:

Activity/Lab, Diagram/Illustration, Interactive

Provider:

UCAR Staff

Provider Set:

NASA Earth and Space Science Reviewed Collection

Date Added:

07/05/2007