One of the main objectives of the First Great Lesson, a foundational lesson in the Montessori method, for lower elementary students is to learn the names of the planets and the vocabulary for different celestial bodies. In upper elementary, the students go more in-depth in understanding our universe, and one of those ways is investigating the life cycle of a star. Even though a star is not 'alive,' it exists for billions of years and goes through its own metamorphosis dictated by its mass. In