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STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT

Part 1: “My Colorful Stars”

Color and Surface Temperature
DIRECTIONS: Arrange the cut-out stars according to its increasing surface temperature
and stick it on the first column of the table below. Fill in the table with the necessary
information taken from the cut-out stars. Then answer the questions that follows.

(Stick here the image of Approximate Surface Color Name of Stars

the star. Arrange them in Temperature (K)
order of increasing
surface temperature)

Q1. Which star is the hottest? Which star is the coolest?

Q2. Which color indicates highest temperature? Which color indicates lowest
temperature?

Q3. How do you compare the temperature of the sun to the other stars?
NAME: ______________________ GRADE & SECTION: _____________

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Part 2: “As bright as I am”
2A: Apparent Brightness
1. Place one small flashlight near the observer while the big flashlight shall be place
at the back of the other flashlights. Compare the brightness of the two flashlights.

Q4. Which flashlight appear to be brighter?

Q5. Why do flashlights have different brightness?

2. Replace the small flashlight at the back of the bigger flashlight. Compare the
apparent brightness of the two flashlights.

Q6. Which flashlight appear to be brighter?

Q7. Why do flashlights have different brightness?

2B: Absolute Brightness

3. Adjust the position of the two flashlights until they appear at the same distance.

Q8. Which flashlight appear to be brighter? What is your determining factor to

find out the true brightness of the two flashlight lights?
NAME: ______________________ GRADE & SECTION: _____________

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Part 3: “Starry Night, Pop It Up!”

Star Sizes
Make a model of the arrangement of star sizes from biggest to smallest by sticking
the cut out-out stars on the pop-up folder, a localized teacher made instructional
material. Fill in missing information in the table and answer the questions that follows:
ORDINAL MAJOR TYPES OF STARS SIZE AN EXAMPLE
SEQUENCE (diameter) OF THIS TYPE
OF STAR

1st 1,262,347,000 km

2nd 64,000,000 km

3rd 1,400,000 km

4th 5,850 km

Q9. What do you call biggest star? What do you call the smallest star?

Q10. Compare the size of the sun to the other star? What type of star is the sun?

Q11. Why is the sun so big and bright to us compared with other stars in the sky?

RUBRIC FOR STARS SIZES MODEL

Criteria 5 4 3 2
Craftmanship The model shows The model The model shows The model was
& Visual considerable shows some attention to put together
Appeal attention to attention to construction sloppily
construction. construction