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How Are Magnetic Fields Related To
Sunspots?
Lesson: How Are Magnetic Fields Related To Sunspots?
- grades 6-12.
- Students discover that sunspots are the result of intense magnetic forces
on the photosphere of the Sun using images from the SOHO spacecraft.
- Key Words: SUN, SUNSPOTS, MAGNETISM, ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT
How Can A Spacecraft Always Face The Sun?
Lesson: How Can A Satellite Always Face The Sun?
- A critical thinking and decision-making activity for grades 6 - 8
- Students investigate different possible spacecraft orbits.
- Key Words: ORBIT, SPACECRAFT, L1 LAGRANGIAN POINT
Solar Flip Book
Solar Flip Book
- grades 6 - 8
- Students make flip books based on images of Sun related events
- Key Words: ROTATION, SUNSPOT CYCLE, SOLAR ECLIPSE, CME, COMET
How Far Away Is SOHO?
Activity: How Far Away is SOHO?
- A measuring and scaling activity, appropriate for grades 6-12.
- Students compare, using proportion, and model distances from Earth,
the Moon, SOHO, Venus, and Mercury to the Sun.
- Key Words: L1 LAGRANGIAN POINT, GRAVITATIONAL PULL, KILOMETER,
ORBIT
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