As The Sun Burns

WC10 - "Space Weather"

Air Date: October 25, 2000

The term "Space Weather" has been in the news for most of this year as the sun reached it's peak in the 11 year sunspot cycle. This program will highlight the important and sometimes violent affects that our Sun has on Earth and to our astronauts in space. In particular, we'll discuss the affects of solar flares and CME's on the Earth's magnetosphere. We'll also investigate whether the affects of the current Solar Maximum will plague our communications satellites and knock out pager and cell phone reception.. Check the show times at NASA Quest for the show that fits your grade level. We have also developed a great set of classroom activities that go with this show topic. You can access them below.

Solar Astronomer Dr. Neal Hurlburt, from the Lockheed-Martin Solar & Astrophysics Laboratory in Palo Alto, California, will be our guest to provide his expertise in this area and answer students questions live from the chatroom.

Connect to the view the show live.

To view the archive after the air date, connect to: NASA's Learning Technologies Channel - Solar Series.

Curriculum and Classroom Activities:

Click on the grade Level to get the desired PDF file of activities for your class.

These classroom materials have been developed by NASA Curriculum Specialists, Susanne Ashby and Amberlee Chaussee.

October

Grade Level Curriculum / Class Activity

Grades 2-4 Plant Growth and Evaporation.

Grades 5-8 Build a Greenhouse

Grades 9-12 Detect the Sun's affect on the Earth's magnetosphere by AM radio reception.

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Grade Level	Curriculum / Class Activity
Grades 2-4	Plant Growth and Evaporation.
Grades 5-8	Build a Greenhouse
Grades 9-12	Detect the Sun's affect on the Earth's magnetosphere by AM radio reception.