Homeschool Program: All About Stars: The Stellar Life Cycle & more on Friday, Dec 9 at 9:00 a.m.
Homeschool Program: All About Stars: The Stellar Life Cycle & more
Friday, Jan 9 from 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Today’s Homeschool Program All About Stars will cover just that, from their births, through their life cycle to their demise
Join Dr. Dan Polsgrove, Astronomer, Planetarium educator and former Astronomy professor here at the Academy, for a detailed discussion about the life cycle of stars. A star’s life cycle starts in a nebula (gas/dust cloud) forming a protostar, then a main sequence star burning hydrogen, but its end depends on mass: small stars become red giants then white dwarfs (eventually black dwarfs), while massive stars turn into super red giants, explode as supernovas, and leave behind neutron stars or black holes, creating new elements in the process.
In addition to the Live portion, this program will also include the film; The Sun: Our Living Star
With our limited seating, please only reserve seats if you know you will be attending. If you RSVP and your plans change for any reason, please email Jeff our Planetarium Director at planetarium@afacademy.af.edu so we can release your seats.
UPDATE BASE PASS PROCESS:
All visitors to the Air Force Academy, 18 years old and older need to either be accompanied by a DoD card holder or request a base pass by clicking the appropriate button on the planetarium webpage (https://www.usafa.edu/facilities/planetarium/) for a Planetarium Visit.
Related NGSS Science Standards:
ESS1-3 Earth’s Place in the Universe (e.g. Communicate scientific ideas about the way stars, over their life cycle, produce elements.)
ESS1.A: The Universe and its Stars (e.g. the study of stars’ light spectra and brightness is used to identify compositional elements of stars, their movements, and their distances from Earth.
MS-ESS1-3 Earth & Space Science (e.g. Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.)
Homeschool Program: All About Stars: The Stellar Life Cycle & more on Friday, Dec 9 at 9:00 a.m.
Homeschool Program: All About Stars: The Stellar Life Cycle & more
Friday, Jan 9 from 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Today's Homeschool Program All About Stars will cover just that, from their births, through their life cycle to their demise
Join Dr. Dan Polsgrove, Astronomer, Planetarium educator and former Astronomy professor here at the Academy, for a detailed discussion about the life cycle of stars. A star's life cycle starts in a nebula (gas/dust cloud) forming a protostar, then a main sequence star burning hydrogen, but its end depends on mass: small stars become red giants then white dwarfs (eventually black dwarfs), while massive stars turn into super red giants, explode as supernovas, and leave behind neutron stars or black holes, creating new elements in the process.
In addition to the Live portion, this program will also include the film; The Sun: Our Living Star
With our limited seating, please only reserve seats if you know you will be attending. If you RSVP and your plans change for any reason, please email Jeff our Planetarium Director at planetarium@afacademy.af.edu so we can release your seats.
UPDATE BASE PASS PROCESS:
All visitors to the Air Force Academy, 18 years old and older need to either be accompanied by a DoD card holder or request a base pass by clicking the appropriate button on the planetarium webpage (https://www.usafa.edu/facilities/planetarium/) for a Planetarium Visit.
Related NGSS Science Standards:
ESS1-3 Earth's Place in the Universe (e.g. Communicate scientific ideas about the way stars, over their life cycle, produce elements.)
ESS1.A: The Universe and its Stars (e.g. the study of stars’ light spectra and brightness is used to identify compositional elements of stars, their movements, and their distances from Earth.
MS-ESS1-3 Earth & Space Science (e.g. Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.)