How stars shine and change: High school science
Stars, the sun and the universe. A free High school lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: stars, the sun and the universe.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: Where did the gold in a ring first come from?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (15 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: how stars shine and change.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner or a small group the idea in their own words.
Practise (20 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Learn: The Life of a Star (https://peabody.kids/world/science/science-life-of-a-star)
- Read: Dark Stars and Doubters (https://peabody.kids/library/dark-stars-and-doubters)
- Read: The Storm of 1859 (https://peabody.kids/library/the-storm-of-1859)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about how stars shine and change, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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