PrintThe resources linked at the end of Lesson 5 are all still relevant to this lesson:
- There is a short movie on star formation and stellar evolution(link is external) in the Hubblesite movie theater. It is part of the Hubble exhibit on Stars(link is external).
- Chandra has a great classroom ready set of materials on stellar evolution(link is external).
In addition, there are many resources related to the specific topics we studied here:
- Chandra has a full-sized poster that shows stellar evolution(link is external) for all types of stars on one timeline. You can request a classroom copy.(link is external)
- Goddard Space Flight Center's "Imagine the Universe" has a series of information and activity booklets related to topics from this and previous lessons:
- The first is called "The Lifecycle of Stars.(link is external)" It provides much of the background content seen in the last few lessons, but it also has associated classroom activities and demonstrations. I think you can still request a hardcopy of the booklet and associated poster from Goddard, too.
- The second is "The Anatomy of Black Holes,(link is external)" with background content and related activities. There is a K-8 and 9-12 version.
- Lastly, there is "What is Your Cosmic Connection to the Elements?(link is external)".
- Although not everything is related to the topics here, you should investigate the entire "Teacher's Corner(link is external)" at Imagine the Universe.
- NASA has been developing a supernova educator's resource guide(link is external), and the poster and guide are available for download.
- The NASA Fermi team has also put together a website full of black hole resources(link is external), including a black hole information sheet. Note that some of the links there overlap with links presented previously in this lesson (and in this list).