Science Planner 5/10/17 WALT: understand how elements are created in stars? WU: Discuss at your table what causes a massive star to form heavy elements. CW: Notes
Vocabulary: Plasma – When atoms have been stripped of their electrons. Occurs under high temperatures and/or high pressures. Nuclear fusion – occurs when two atomic nuclei collide and form a larger nucleus. Nebula – cloudlike regions of gas throughout the milky way. Supernova – massive explosion that breaks apart a star. Temperatures can exceed 1 billion degrees Celsius.
Science Planner 5/10/17 WALT: understand how elements are created in stars? WU: Discuss at your table what causes a massive star to form heavy elements. CW: Notes Read pages 108 – 111, Questions 1 & 2