14 Fun Facts About Stars: Educational Version
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We see stars in the night sky as pretty, twinkling objects, but what exactly are they?
A lot of the information we find out about stars, helps us understand other objects; pulsars, quasars, galaxies – even the origin of our universe. Here are some fun facts about stars.
Do stars twinkle?
What are stars made of?
Do we know more about the inside of stars or the inside of Earth?
Do stars have a life cycle?
Is a dead star still a star?
How do we measure the speed of stars?
Find out more about stars and amaze your family and friends with these fun facts.
The Educational Version has activities that meet Common Core Curriculum Standards.
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Jeannie Meekins
Jeannie Meekins is an Australian writer who lives with her children and a couple of cats who think they own the computer. And if her dog could read, he’d be jealous, so it’s lucky that he can’t. Jeannie has also written over 10 books for children, many available through LearningIsland.com
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14 Fun Facts About Stars - Jeannie Meekins
14 FUN FACTS ABOUT
STARS
By Jeannie Meekins
A LearningIsland.com
15 - Minute Book
We have used many sources to research these facts and they are accurate at time of publishing. The more we explore the wonders of space and our universe, the more information we are discovering.
Editor: Jennifer Robinson
All pictures by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA )
Smashwords Edition
Text (c) Copyright 2007 Jeannie Meekins. All rights reserved.
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14 Fun Facts About Stars / Jeannie Meekins
Summary: A brief look at stars.
1. Stars. Juvenile Literature. 2. Space. Juvenile Literature.
Words: 2071
Reading Level: 6.4
Ages 9 and up.
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We see stars in the night sky as pretty, twinkling objects, but what exactly are they?
A lot of the information we find out about stars, helps us understand other objects; pulsars, quasars, galaxies – even the origin of our universe. Here are some fun facts about stars.
Fact 1: Stars do not twinkle.
You know the song. You’ve probably sung it hundreds of times. But the truth is stars do not twinkle. If you were in space, stars would look like points of colored light.
When we see them from earth, we are looking through our