Heart of gold, gold mine, good as gold, gold digger. Why is gold so fascinating and such a focus of popular expression? Is it due to rarity, its shine, or some other factor? Here's a video that focuses on how gold is made and provides some theories about its popularity. 

Concepts

gold, stars, fusion

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Research the rarest element that naturally occurs on earth, as the knowledge has changed since the video was recorded
• Graph the changing price of gold

Classroom Considerations

• Carefully display the video in a way that hides comments

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Includes closed captioning in English for the hearing impaired
• Video fits well when studying elements, especially soft metals

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.9 RST.11-12.7