Slide presentation for MS chemistry unit describing formation of the elements. Presentation uses photos from Hubble Space Telescope. Ends with open writing exercise.

3. Hubble Space Telescope

4. The remnant of “Tycho’s Supernova”, a huge ball of expanding plasma. The blue outer shell arises from X-ray emission by high-speed electrons .

6. Plasma Lamp Lightning is a form of plasma

13. Bigger stars have more mass, which means that when the helium is exhausted, they can have a new round of collapse and produce the pressure to start a new round of fusion, creating yet heavier elements. This can potentially go on until iron is reached.

15. The Butterfly Nebula

19. The Helix Nebula – Planetary Nebula “ We are stardust contemplating stardust.”

20. The Crab Nebula

21. Image credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) and J. Green (University of Colorado, Boulder) Supernova Remnant (SNR), known as "E0102 "

23. The atoms we are made from were formed in the stars billions of years ago. We are alive for less than 100 years, and then our atoms go back to the Earth and eventually into the universe. What is one thing you hope to accomplish while alive on Earth? Why? Explain.