Design and Implementation of a Teaching Intervention about Stars' Energy Production to High School

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Published: Apr 6, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/codiste.7701
Keywords:
astronomy education inquiry-based learning model of educational reconstruction nature of science stellar physics
Maria Ioannidou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Associate Professor
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Abstract

Stellar physics is a particularly interesting topic for teaching in secondary education settings, offering significant learning benefits in the conceptual, experimental and epistemological domain. This study presents the design of an inquiry-based teaching intervention about the interdisciplinary subject of energy production in stars for senior high school students, as well as the results of its implementation. More specifically, students investigate two incorrect hypotheses about energy production in the Sun (chemical reactions, gravitational collapse mechanism of Kelvin and Helmholtz), validating, finally, the widely accepted scientific hypothesis that all stars, including the Sun, release energy through thermonuclear reactions.

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