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Nuclear fusion in stars, black holes, and supernovas

Biological effects from radiation


Pros and cons of nuclear energy

Ideas:
Music video
Dating site
Escape room - monopoly

Star Life Cycle


1. The starting phase for all stars, including our Sun, begins when a dense region in a
nebula begins to shrink and warm up. This is usually the result of one of several events
that may occur to initiate the gravitational collapse of a molecular cloud. The means by
which this occurs include galactic collisions or a devastating nearby supernova explosion
sending ruptured matter into the clouds at very high speeds. Each of these stellar
maternity wards can form anything from a few dozen to thousands of stars. Fueled by
nuclear reaction, eventually elements fueling the nuclear reaction run out causing star to
die.

Small Stars

1. Stars are born in an area of high density called a nebula which then condenses into a
huge bubble of gas and dust formed by gravity.
2. A region of condensing matter will begin to heat up and start to glow forming Protostars.
If a protostar contains enough matter the central temperature reaches 15 million degrees
centigrade.
3. At this temperature, nuclear reactions in which hydrogen fuses to form helium can start
4. The star begins to release energy, stopping it from contracting even more and causes it
to shine. It is now a Main Sequence Star.
5. A star of one solar mass remains in the main sequence for about 10 billion years, until all
of the hydrogen has fused to form helium.
6. The core is hot enough for the helium to fuse to form carbon. The outer layers begin to
expand, cool and shine less brightly. The expanding star is now called a Red Giant.
7. The helium core runs out, and the outer layers drift of away from the core as a
gaseous shell, this gas that surrounds the core is called a Planetary Nebula.
8. The remaining core (that's 80% of the original star) is now in its final stages. The
core becomes a White Dwarf the star eventually cools and dims. When it stops
shining, the now dead star is called a Black Dwarf.

Massive Stars

1. Massive stars evolve in a simlar way to a small stars until it reaches its main
sequence stage (see small stars, stages 1-4). The stars shine steadily until the
hydrogen has fused to form helium ( it takes billions of years in a small star, but
only millions in a massive star).
2. The massive star then becomes a Red Supergiant and starts of with a helium core
surrounded by a shell of cooling, expanding gas.
3. In the next million years a series of nuclear reactions occur forming different
elements in shells around the iron core.
4. The core collapses in less than a second, causing an explosion called a
Supernova, in which a shock wave blows of the outer layers of the star. (The
actual supernova shines brighter than the entire galaxy for a short time).
5. Sometimes the core survives the explosion. If the surviving core is between 1.5 - 3
solar masses it contracts to become a a tiny, very dense Neutron Star. If the core
is much greater than 3 solar masses, the core contracts to become a Black Hole.

Puzzles
Start quizzing on beginning of phase, nebula
Move on to actual star, approaching death
Quizzing on death and outcome of

Kian’s ideas
We start off with a video simulation explaining what is happe\ning,

1) N - red giant
a) The color is rich, the size is fleeting, search for this star that looks like
James Wreden
2) E - white dwarf
a) The end of a journey, the end of the star, at the end of the caddy the
answer isn't far
3) B - supernova
a) Why (bmd, k=5)
4) U - black hole
a) On the internet may be hidden some clues, check my website and click on the
“Cruz”
5) L - hydrogen atom
a) 5x -1 = 2^2
6) A - Protons
a) QR Code: +

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld75W1dz-h0&t=28s

Steps/plans:
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