Summary
Dr. Binocs explains what stars are made of and why our sun looks so much brighter — it's much closer. Good support for a stars-and-distance lesson.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Dr.
- What is the closest star to Earth?
- Why does the sun look bigger than other stars?
- What are stars made of?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: star, sun, brightness, distance.
Try it: Explain why a faraway star looks like a tiny dot but the sun looks huge.