The Life Cycle of Stars Assignment

The Life Cycle of Stars Assignment

The Life Cycle of Stars Assignment

Instructions:

For this assignment, you will show that you understand the life cycle of stars. Draw the life cycle of a star from the protostar stage to star death. Be sure to show how low-mass and high-mass stars differ in their old age. Remember to write a description for each stage. You can use a drawing application on your computer or hand draw your diagram and scan a copy of it for submission.

How to Draw in Google Docs:

1) To draw make a drawing such as this one in Google Doc, click on the green rectangle in the table and select “Edit”

2) Then, select the line tool, and then select scribble function and draw within the green rectangleThe Life Cycle of Stars Authentic Assessment Rubric. If you want to upload a scanned image or photo of your hand-drawn diagram, click on the icon.

	High Grades (24 points) High scoring students will do the following:	Middle Grades (12 points) Middle scoring students will do the following:	Low Grades (6 point) Low scoring students will do the following:
Star Life Cycle	Students correctly illustrate the star life cycle, including all appropriate stages.	Most stages are shown correctly, with only one or two missing or incorrect.	More than 2 stages are missing or incorrect.
Score: Comments:
Difference between high mass and low mass	Student has demonstrated understanding of how low mass stars differ from high mass stars.	Student has only partial understanding of how low mass stars differ from high mass stars.	Student has not identified the difference correctly, or this portion is missing.
Score: Comments:
Presentation	The drawings show top effort.	The drawings show only marginal effort.	The drawings are sloppy or missing appropriate labels.
Score: Comments:

Remember to write a description for each stage.