Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Astronomy: Brown Dwarfs

9th - 10th
While Jupiter is nowhere near massive enough to initiate fusion in its core, there are even more massive objects out there that fall short of that achievement, and they are called brown dwarfs. Brown dwarfs have a mass that places them...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Astronomy: White Dwarfs & Planetary Nebulae

9th - 10th
Today Phil follows up last week's look at the death of low mass stars with what comes next: a white dwarf. White dwarfs are incredibly hot and dense objects roughly the size of Earth. They also can form planetary nebulae: huge,...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Life and Death of Stars: White and Black Dwarfs

9th - 10th
A video lecture following the cycle of the star from a main sequence star to either a white or black dwarf. Video reviews what happens in the core of the star as it moves through its life cycle. [12:54]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Why Cepheids Pulsate

9th - 10th
This Khan Academy resource is a video that talks about why cepheids pulsate.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: White and Black Dwarfs

9th - 10th
This Khan Academy resource is a video about White and Black Dwarfs.