🔵 Investigate: Star Brightness - Day 24

Investigate: Star Brightness - Day 24

Introduction

What did you learn yesterday? Were you able to gather some evidence to support WHY some stars appear brighter than others?

Today you will complete one more activity to collect a bit more evidence.


Watch This! Glow On!


Assignment IconActivity: Star Light, Star Bright - Building Evidence 

You will answer the following questions on the next page.  Look over them now and if you need to, go back and view the video again.

Video Focus Questions:

  1. What is the difference between a star’s “true brightness” and its “apparent brightness”?
  2. If stars with a greater true brightness have more energy, how is it that a star, like Betelgeuse, that is SO much larger than our star, the sun, appears less bright? Explain your thinking. (type here)

Directions:

Please click "Next" to submit the assignment!

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