Teaching tools > Stellar evolution > Overview: Hercules Globular Cluster facts

Description:

Fast Facts: Hercules Globular Cluster lists the name, description, location, size, and distance of the globular cluster from Earth in the form of a table. An image of the cluster is included.

Format(s) available: Printer-friendly Web page

Grades: Adaptable, at teacher's discretion

Teachers can use Fast Facts: Hercules Globular Cluster as:

• A source of information. Find out about this globular cluster.

• A mapping activity. Locate the cluster's associated constellation on a star map.

• A large-number recognition activity. Have students put this and other Fast Fact tables in order from the one closest to Earth to the one farthest away.

• An inquiry tool. Have students write down 3-5 questions they would like answered as a result of reading this Fast Facts table and looking at the image.

• An engagement tool. Involve students in a discussion.

Related materials

Press release: "A Celestial Snow Globe of Stars"
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/40/

See the Stars and stellar evolution section on "Teaching tools" page.

Teaching tools > Stellar evolution > Overview: Hercules Globular Cluster facts