Astronomy

=The Life cycle of a Star=

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 * The Resources:** Googling is a place to begin. Or another search engine is fine. Remember that not all site are a useful source of information. Don’t use other students work. Do use sites which end in .edu or are for institutions we know like museum sites and links.=====

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1. Star evolution information from Chandra education: stellar evolution This is the interactive guide which goes with the poster we just looked at. Read the page. then Click continue or next.=====

= = 4. @http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/star_life/starlife_main.html Click your way around this link has information on most stages and has a good overall description. Take the quizzes (though not all of them work.) 5. @http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lessons/xray_spectra/background-lifecycles.html Very brief descriptions. ok 6. Great site! @http://chandra.harvard.edu/about/ Use the search function at this site and type in your star life cycle. Since its launch on July 23, 1999, the Chandra X-ray Observatory has been NASA's flagship mission for X-ray astronomy, taking its place in the fleet of "Great Observatories." 7. A number of good Images from WIYN Observatory is owned and operated by the WIYN Consortium, Inc., which consists of the [|University of Wisconsin], [|Indiana University], [|Yale University], and the [|National Optical Astronomy Observatory] (NOAO). NOAO is operated for the [| National Science Foundation] by the [|Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy] (AURA), Inc. = = = = = = = = ="Stories of Our Sky"= For links about mythology and our sky
 * more:**

This has resources for ancient astronomy and folklore.

This is a link to a relevant section of our online database from our Library. Chose world folklore and folk life. Enter the id and password.

Here are the links I suggested (Windows to the Universe) on your assignment paper: History and people Mythology Notice that there are different reading levels for this site.

=Star Powerpoints= Brown Dwarf (use chandra) Sunlike star (use chandra) Blue Super Giant (use chandra) = =