Space Telescope Science Institute
Amazing Space: Star Light Star Bright
A few short, interactive activities on light waves can be found on this site. Numerous others links and teacher resources are posted here as well. A good background on light is offered for teachers.
BBC
Bbc: Stars
Use this site to explore how stars are born and die. There are also sections on star types and chemistry inside stars.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Stars
During this hands-on instructional activity students learn about the life cycle of a star. They recreate the life cycle and explore the Internet to learn more about stars.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activity: The Life of a Star
An activity to figure out what you already know about the life of a star! Download the worksheet and match the photos with the stage the stars are in.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activity: Is It in There?
Can you connect our daily lives to dying start? In this lesson, students will find connections between elements found in the world around us today and chemical elements in dying stars.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Changes in the Sky: Interactive Lesson
Explore real-life and animated views illustrating the daily patterns of motion of the Sun, Moon, and stars in the sky. Learners engage with a variety of media such as an interactive storybook, time-lapse videos, and images to identify...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sky Patterns: Sun, Moon, and Stars
Observe the regular, predictable patterns of the Sun, Moon, and stars in the sky in this media gallery from WGBH. Interact with the animated storybook to observe and predict patterns of the Sun, Moon, and stars over a day and analyze...
California Institute of Technology
Spitzer Science Center: Ring of Stellar Death
The Ring of Stellar Death captured in this space telescope image features a dying star expelling what appears to be clumpy rings of material, but turns out to be part of a planetary nebula. In addition, a detailed textual overview...
California Institute of Technology
Spitzer Science Center: Dead Star's Layers
Following the title, "Lighting up a Dead Star's Layers" this site examines an image containing the exploded remains of a star known as Cassiopeia A. The information, while brief, directly addresses the image provided.
California Institute of Technology
Spitzer Science Center: All Pillars Point to Eta
This image, titled "All Pillars Point to Eta" features Eta Carinae, which is part of the Carina Nebula and is over 100 times more massive than the sun. The text under the image details various specifics about the picture.
California Institute of Technology
Nasa: Chaotic Star Birth
The Chaotic Star Birth image is part of a series of photographs taken from the Spitzer Space Telescope. The picture is accompanied by a textual overview of a groups of stars being born with specific attention given to the details of the...
Other
Sky Server: Types of Stars
SkyServer of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey shows you the different types of stars as well as how to classify and identify them.
Other
Sky Server: Color
SkyServer answers why stars have different colors and shows what you can learn by studying the colors of stars, galaxies, and other objects.
NASA
Nasa: Make Star Cookies
This site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides a fun project on stars and cookies. "Make these yummy star cookies with genuine star-colored centers you can see through." Plus, learn interesting facts about...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Planets and Stars
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will learn about the planets and stars.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Stars Project
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a research project on stars, completed by first graders.
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Education.com
Education.com: How Is a Star Born? [Pdf]
[Free Registration/Login Required] Have you ever looked into the night sky and wondered where all those millions and millions of stars come from? Find out here with a mini astronomy lesson! You'll discover what stars are made of and how...
NASA
Nasa: Mark of a Dying Star
The Mark of a Dying Star is part of a series of photographs taken from the Spitzer Space Telescope. The picture is accompanied by a textual overview of a dead star (or white dwarf) with specific attention given to the details of the...