Visit the surface of the sun! Use the Internet to travel
the world of
magnetic storms, sun
spots, flares , solar quakes, faculae
, and solar particle emissions.
Find out how solar radiation can shut down Earth's satellites and the services
they provide us, as well as the sun's effect on our weather. Be part of
a national solar study program called Live
From the Sun , in which students from all over the world
are learning how to study the Sun.
Find out for yourself using daily
pictures of the sun from earth and solar orbiting
satellites how long it takes for the sun to rotate on it's
own axis. Use image processing to capture your own pictures of live
surface features or use daily astronomical pictures of these
features to track their lives from birth to death. When you visit all the
places about the Sun, on the Net today, you will have more information
than most professional solar astronomers had just a few years ago. Welcome
to the world of SOLAR ASTRONOMY!
spectacular image of the sun
ACTIVITIES
Visit LIVE FROM THE SUN
acquire daily pictures of the Solar surface and keep a SOLAR JOURNAL
monitor specific surface pictures and print them out when they arise, keeping track of them from BIRTH TO DEATH
Learn the names and definitions of all the Sun's features
Build a pin hole camera to make your own pictures of the sun
Use your daily images of the sun to FIND THE PERIOD OF ROTATION OF THE SUN
Visit the ACE SATELLITE site to see the effects of solar
radiation on the earth's satellites and the services they provide us.
SHOW YOUR STUFF
The solar pictures acquired here in can be laminated and displayed in school show cases as an exhibit
The lives of solar features such as sun spots, solar flares and magnetic storms are a study in them selves.
Notebooks and journals are something students may well want to keep as they proceed from grade to grade. We are in a period of increasing solar activity and the differences from year to year are significant enough to detect.
If a contact is made with solar scientists, a journal
of the interaction as well as a tape of any visits can become a significant
resource for the school
RESOURCES
Sites related to the Sun:
SOHO
SOHKOH
ACE
Others mentioned on LFS
Big Bear Solar Observatory
CSUN's site