What is a Star Made Of?

• “Stars are made out of rocks because they are like the moon and the moon is made out of rock” said Ben
• “They are made of metal and they don’t like to come out in light, only at dark time” said Braheem
• “I think they are made out of plastic because they are white and squashy and plastic is white and squashy” said Kyle
• “They are made out cheese, I don’t know why” said Joshua with a big smile
• “They are really shiny” said Jasper
• “Stars are hot” said Matthew
• “’Cause they look like the sun and the sun is hot” said Thomas Chapman
• “I think they get cold cause they are made out of ice” said Lachlan Martin
• “The moon is round like the sun but stars have sticks on the side that shine out” said Henry
• “Stars are made of shiny glass that is white” said Braheem
• “Stars don’t go away, the world turns around” said Ben
• “At the museum I saw the world and the world goes around really fast but we can’t feel it and so the stars are on one side” said Hugo
• “When the world turns around the sun is on one side and the stars are on the other” said Matthew
• “Yeah, the stars go where the sun was” said Kyle
• “When the sun goes to America at day time the stars go to Australia for night time” said Thomas
• “The stars came down and crashed up the dinosaurs but in real life the scientists believe a meteor came down and crashed the dinosaurs” said Dion
• “Stars may be made out of sun” said Jasper
• “When it’s day time the stars are still there but the day is light so we can’t see them because the sun is really brighter” said Hugo