HS-ESS1-3: Stellar Nucleosynthesis
Communicate scientific ideas about the way stars, over their life cycle, produce elements. (Energy and Matter)
Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on the way nucleosynthesis, and therefore the different elements created, varies as a function of the mass of a star and the stage of its lifetime.
Assessment Boundary: Details of the many different nucleosynthesis pathways for stars of differing masses are not assessed.