Interactive Models

What Elements are in Your Body?

Overview

This interactive guides students through exploring how stars create the elements that make up the universe and life itself. Students will be able to identify the key elements in their bodies that were created from exploding stars.

The image displays the periodic table and is color coded by the origin of each element - Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/K. DivonaCredit: NASA/CXC/SAO/K. Divona

Materials Required

Resources Needed Per Student:

Resources Needed Per Group:

  • Computer/Tablet
  • Internet Access
  • Link to the "What Elements are in Your Body?" Interactive Slide Deck - Link

Directions

Remember to never look directly at the Sun without proper safety equipment.

Use the slide deck to complete the activity.

  1. Open the "What Elements are in Your Body?" Interactive Slide Deck. 
  2. Use the slides in edit mode in order to manipulate the slides. 

Teacher Note

Teachers who are interested in receiving the answer key, please complete the Teacher Key Request and Verification Form. We verify that requestors are teachers prior to sending access to the answer keys as we’ve had many students try to pass as teachers to gain access.

NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team logo showing the Sun with rays leaving it. It also shows planets in the path of some of the Sun's radiation.
This product is supported by the NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT), part of NASA's Science Activation portfolio.
  • Students be able to identify the key elements in their bodies created in stars.
  • Students will be able to describe how massive stars create the elements that make up the universe and life itself.
  1. How do stars create the elements that make up the universe and life itself?
  2. How is the periodic table a map of the history of our universe?
  • Internet Required
  • One-to-a-Group

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