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Nuclear Fusion in Stars
This resource, from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, has a video that introduces the evolution on the universe beginning at the Big Bang, but it also has a worksheet that explores how mass loss through nuclear fusion can explain the prodigious amount of energy given off by stars.
It is most suitable for key stage 5 teachers that are teaching about energy-mass equivalence through E=mc2, but it offers a fresh perspective compared to simple nuclear equations. The examples in this worksheet focus on the nuclear fusion processes found in different layers of stars at different points in their life cycle.
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