Lab: Size of the Sun (Friday 10-15-2010)

Objective: How big is the Sun compared to the Earth?
Lesson: Size of the Sun Lab
Standard:
1E The Sun is a Typical Star
IE 1G Students will understand the usefulness and limitations of models
Homework: Study for test on 10-22
Size of Our Sun Lab video
Future of Our Sun video 
Note: A star bigger than the Sun will not stop at the white dwarf phase but will go supernova.
White Dwarf to Supernova Simulation video ,
History Channel Inside Our Sun A Deeper Look video ,
How Big is the Earth Compared to the Galaxy video 

Related articles

• From White Dwarfs to Dark Matter Clouds, the Universe May Have Many Homes for Habitable Planets | 80beats (blogs.discovermagazine.com)
• Is a white dwarf smaller than pluto (wiki.answers.com)
• Astronomy answer: What kind of stars become a white dwarf (wiki.answers.com)
• Look For Living Planets Near Dying Stars (scientificamerican.com)
• Did massive galaxy explosion of White Dwarf hypernova kill all alien life? (dailymail.co.uk)