4/5/15 SPEEDWRITE: Shine bright like a star!

SPEED WRITE: INFORMATION REPORT ON STARS

Today’s learning focus- WALT to write an information report on stars in 40 minutes.

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My Information Report Success Criteria:	Self	Peer
My heading/title:
is an interesting title (I might have phrased the title as a question.)	yes
My opening paragraph/introduction:
says what my report is about in a clear way	yes
gives a general “classification” – and maybe a technical classification	yes
outlines the main features of the subject	yes
My main paragraphs/body paragraphs:
have clear topic sentences  (topic and main point)	yes
are organised so that each paragraph is about a different aspect of the subject	yes
give detailed information (factual descriptions)	yes
include specific, technical vocabulary	yes
are generally balanced (have a similar amount of detail about the different aspects I write about)	yes
may have helpful: tables, pictures and/or diagrams to add information
My end paragraph/conclusion:
draws the report together/sums up my main points	yes
may give a personal opinion; ask the reader a question and/or tell the reader where further information may be found

Shine bright like a star!

Intro:

As we, Humans, may not take much notice of the stars that are in the sky at night. Yet there is much more you need to know. Stars can vary in size and colour so this is where you need to be. Stars are a sphere of hot plasma. I will go on to explain, the life cycle, general information and the types of stars.

The Life Cycle:

Everything as a life cycle just like stars. Stars start out as a cloud full of gas and dust. Interesting fact is that stars are born in nebulae. Scientifically, the clumps of dust and gas collapse under gravitational forces that will form the next stage. Protostars, these stars experience further collapses and form the main sequence stars. Overtime as these stars grow older they will expand. Therefore, the core will eventually run out of hydrogen then helium. The outer layers will expand, cool and become less bright. These come into the stars of a red giant or a red super giant and will explode and collapse. This process will proceed and many star may die and form black holes. We thought stars live forever but unfortunately the unexpected has been expected.

General Info:

There are many facts about stars and generalising information is easier to understand about stars. Huge, organised collections are stars which are called clusters. These stars can live for over billions of years. Interestingly, the name star in from an ancient Greek word 'aster' meaning star. There is many stars in the night sky. There is approximately, 3,000 stars in a night sky. There is to be about 200-400 in a milking way galaxy alone. There are many things that are not commonly known about stars.

Types of Stars:

Stars vary in size and colours. If you did not know already, there is stars that are measured to be 100- 200 times bigger than the Sun. The Sun is very hot but is a very small planet. The Sun is a dwarf planet along side with a lot more. Yellow stars are medium sized which corresponds to the amount of heat provided. Approximately, medium sized stars have a medium heat. Blue giants often run out of fuel in only 10,000 to 100,000 years! These stars only live a short time meaning scientists use them to find places in outer space where new stars are forming.

[Conclusion]

Stars vary in shapes, sizes, colours and heat. My opinion of stars are very important because without them of a night of the New Moon we wouldn't be able to have natural light. If this has helped, you may be inspired to write your very own non-chronological report!

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