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Students will collect data using a game/simulation to better understand how nuclear fusion results in the release of energy and the formation of new elements, as well as why the lifespan of a high-mass star is much shorter than the lifespan of a low-mass star.

This activity around the concept of gravity will support students in developing an understanding of the big ideas in the Life Cycle of a Star, Structure of the Solar System, and Orbital Motion of Celestial Objects 5E Plans. It also provides an option for having students begin to develop their capacity for constructing scientific explanations, a skill that is crucial for sensemaking throughout this course and in the realm of science.

Students use an online simulation to explore different types of plate boundaries and landforms created at plate boundaries.

Students work in groups to complete this reading guide as a tool for navigating a complex text.

Students make observations from online simulators in order to learn about the relationship between age and mass, mass of a new star and lifespan, and the stages of a star life cycles.

Students explore the evolution of the universe through simulator activities designed with the intention of making sure that all students have a deep understanding of basic wave concepts that is necessary in order to explain redshift and blueshift (Doppler effect).

This resource includes teacher guidelines, student handouts, and a slide presentation for a revised version of the Explore 2 and Explain 2 phases from the What’s Inside the Earth? 5E from New Visions Unit #2 in Earth Science.