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## Slide 1

**Notes:**
Welcome to Sun-Earth Day 2005!  Please feel free to use this presentation in full or simply use specific slides that fit the needs of your presentation. If you have any questions about this presentation or the material in this presentation, please contact the appropriate Sun-Earth Day person for assistance:

Website and General Program Issues: Troy Cline
       (301) 286-6606  cline@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov

Formal Education: Elaine Lewis 
(301) 286-3337  lewis@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov 

Informal Education: Jackie Wong
       (510) 643-0011 jackiew@ssl.berkeley.edu 

## We wish to ensure that participants learn more about ancient sites and develop the following series of key understandings:

**The Sun is a dynamic, magnetic star that impacts the Earth and other planets in our solar system**
**Understanding the mysteries of the Sun has been a primary motivator for Sun watchers ****over time**
**Human beings use technology (past, present, and future) to understand the Sun and the Universe beyond**
**Light has always provided a means of investigating the Universe.**
**Human beings from diverse cultures have viewed the Sun as the source of life**
**Stewardship of these sacred sites is our collective responsibility**** **

**Key Understandings**

## You can visit the following pages for the latest information on National and Local Sun-Earth Day events:

**National**: _[http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2005/events/events.htm](http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2005/events/events.htm)_
**Local** : _[http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2005/happening/index.htm](http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2005/happening/index.htm)_

***Sun-Earth Day traditionally falls on the Spring Equinox which happens this year on March 20! However, many Sun-Earth Day events occur throughout the year. ***

**National and Local Happenings**

## Event Dates and Times

**Webcast: Chaco Canyon *****Live@ The***** *****Exploratorium***** **
**View the Archived Webcast at:**
- _[http://www.exploratorium.edu/chaco/HTML/webcast.html](http://www.exploratorium.edu/chaco/HTML/webcast.html)_** **
_**March 17, 2005**_
**NASA Connect Show for Formal Educators **
**Available on NASA TV and PBS Stations**
**11:00 – 11:30 am ET**
**For detailed information, visit: **
- _[http://connect.larc.nasa.gov/episodes.html](http://connect.larc.nasa.gov/episodes.html)_** **
_**March 20, 2005:**_** *****Spring Equinox (Sunday)***
**Live Webcast from Chichen Itza **
**5:00 – 5:45 pm ET (English)**
**5:45 – 6:00 pm ET (Bilingual, observe light/shadow effect)**
**6:00 – 6:45 pm ET (Spanish)**
**Access the webcast at:**
- _[http://](http://www.exploratorium.edu/ancientobs/chichen)__[www.exploratorium.edu/ancientobs/chichen](http://www.exploratorium.edu/ancientobs/chichen)_** **
_**March 21, 2005:**_** *****Sun-Earth Day (Monday)***
**Both webcasts and the NASA Connect Program will be archived and viewable from the Sun-Earth Day website!**

**Event Dates and Times**

## Title: Ancient Observatories: Timeless KnowledgeStarts Airing: Thursday, March 17, 2005, 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. ETNASA LIVE Event: Friday, April 22, 2005

**Title:** _[Ancient Observatories: Timeless Knowledge](http://connect.larc.nasa.gov/episodes.html)_**Starts Airing:** Thursday, March 17, 2005, 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. ET**NASA LIVE Event:** Friday, April 22, 2005

**NASA**** Connect Presents**

- With the use of technology (ancient, modern, and future), NASA scientists and astronomers will investigate how ancient civilizations worked to unlock the secrets of the Sun. Through the power of geometry, learn how light was used to provide a means of investigating the universe.
**Mathematics Concepts: **Geometry
**Science Concepts: **Space Science, History and Nature of Science
**NASA Research: **Sun-Earth Connection

**Education Pre-Activity: **_[Sun-Earth Day 2005: A Special Day In Your Classroom](http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2005/educators/formal_pre_activity_1.pdf)_

## Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

*The ****NASA Connect**** show on March 17**th**, 2005, “Ancient Observatories: Timeless Knowledge” includes filming from the museum!*
*See *_[http://connect.larc.nasa.gov/episodes.html](http://connect.larc.nasa.gov/episodes.html)__  _

**Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian**

*On September 21, 2004, thousands of Native peoples from across the Western Hemisphere participated the grand opening of the museum – an historic celebration of cultural pride and connection that was unlike any other Native gathering in our history.*

**http://www.nmai.si.edu**** **

***260,000 square feet***

**NASA**** Connect Presents**

**Notes:**
Museum Features:
-Main Themes: Our Universes, Our Peoples, Our Lives
-Eastern entrance demonstrates the configuration of the heavens on November 28, 1989
-South-entry plaza records lunar events
-Solstices and equinoxes are mapped on the Potomac’s floor, and a light spectrum is cast above by the sun shining through prisms set into the southern wall

## Webcast: Chichén Itzá 

_**March 20, 2005:**_** *****Spring Equinox (Sunday)***
- Live Webcast from Chichén Itzá
- 5:00 – 5:45 pm ET (English Informal Education Program)
- 5:45 – 6:00 pm ET (Bilingual, observe light/shadow effect)
- 6:00 – 6:45 pm ET (Spanish Informal Education Program)
**Access webcast at **_[http://www.exploratorium.edu/ancientobs/chichen](http://www.exploratorium.edu/ancientobs/chichen)_** **

_**Program Highlights:**_
- Live views of light/shadow ‘slithering snake’ effect on El Castillo Pyramid – an effect that takes ~40 minutes
- Demonstrations of equinox/solstice sunrise-sunset with El Castillo model
- Overview of the Chichén Itzá Archeological Park
- Discussion of other Maya archeological sites with solar alignments
- Discussion of Maya culture and astronomical achievements
- Linkages to NASA Sun-Earth Connection science
- Pre-Hispanic and other traditional dancers
- Views of the public’s excitement and celebration of the Equinox at this unique site

**Webcast: Chichén Itzá **

## Webcast Access Modes:

**Webcast Access Modes:**
-  Internet URL for the public (260K bandwidth stream)
-  Private URL for museums and other institutional partners (512K bandwidth stream)
- Satellite video broadcast quality
- Internet-2

- For detailed information visit:
- _[http://www.exploratorium.edu/ancientobs/chichen/](http://www.exploratorium.edu/ancientobs/chichen/)_
- or
**http://sunearthday.nasa.gov **

## http://sunearthday.nasa.gov

**Image Gallery**
- Includes images related to ‘Technology Through Time’.
**Registration**
- Scientists, Educators, Museums and Amateur Astronomers
**Ask an Expert**
- This year’s site will contain our traditional ‘Ask the Scientist’ plus our new ‘Ask the Educator’!
**Multimedia Center**
- Features all Sun-Earth Day multimedia related materials for ‘one-stop’ shopping.

**Technology Through Time**
- This section features ancient and current solar sites, locations, observatories and satellites
**Webcasts and Broadcasts**
- Visit this section for information on 3 upcoming webcasts!
**Native American Connections**
- Features Native American connections to NASA science: essays, articles, biographies

**http://****sunearthday.nasa.gov**

**Website Features**

## NASA CORE. 

- While supplies last, register to receive your free Sun-Earth Day Packet!
- Additional packets for your classroom, science center, or museum, are available for
- $6.00 each through
- _[NASA CORE](http://core.nasa.gov/index.html)__._

- To register and/or to view the contents of this year’s packet, visit us at:
- _[http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2005/multimedia/kit.htm](http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2005/multimedia/kit.htm)_

**Sun-Earth Day Packets**

## Enjoy a comprehensive website featuring

- Chaco Canyon, Native Astronomy, and
- NASA Sun-Earth Connection Science:
- http://traditionsofthesun.org
- or
- Visit the Multimedia Center in the
- Sun-Earth Day Website:
- _[http://sunearthday.nasa.gov](http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/)__ _

**Website Features**

## Formal Education: Elaine Lewis 

**Formal Education: Elaine Lewis**
- (301) 286-3337  lewis@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov
**Informal Education: Jackie Wong**
-        (510) 643-0011 jackiew@ssl.berkeley.edu
**Website and General Program Issues: Troy Cline**
-        (301) 286-6606  cline@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov

**Contact Information**

**Webcast URL:**
- http://www.exploratorium.edu/ancientobs/chichen/
**Sun-Earth Day URL:**
-    http://sunearthday.nasa.gov

## Live Webcast from Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico                      Sunday March 20th, 5:00 – 6:45 pm ET (English, then Spanish)

- Live Webcast from Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico                      Sunday March 20th, 5:00 – 6:45 pm ET (English, then Spanish)

## To be Featured on Webcast! Magnificent “El Castillo”

**To be Featured on Webcast!** Magnificent “El Castillo”

**Webcast Access Modes:**
-  Internet URL for the public (260K bandwidth stream)
-  Private URL for museums and other institutional partners (512K bandwidth stream)
- Satellite video broadcast quality
- Internet-2
- Access webpage for more information:
**http://www.exploratorium.edu/ancientobs/chichen/**

## To be Featured on Webcast! Dzibilchaltun Maya Site    Equinox Alignment with Temple of the Seven Dolls at Sunrise

**To be Featured on Webcast!** Dzibilchaltun Maya Site    Equinox Alignment with Temple of the Seven Dolls at Sunrise

## Website Features! Image Gallery:          Fajada Butte, Chaco Canyon

**Website Features!** Image Gallery:          Fajada Butte, Chaco Canyon

## Website Features! Image Gallery:     Summer Solstice at Casa Rinconada, Chaco Canyon

**Website Features!** Image Gallery:     Summer Solstice at Casa Rinconada, Chaco Canyon

## Website Features! Image Gallery: Tewa Dancers of the North Celebrating the Summer Solstice at Chaco Canyon in June 2004

**Website Features!** Image Gallery: Tewa Dancers of the North Celebrating the Summer Solstice at Chaco Canyon in June 2004

## Website Features! Image Gallery: Hovenweep Castle, Hovenweep Nat’l Monument

**Website Features!** Image Gallery: Hovenweep Castle, Hovenweep Nat’l Monument

## Website Features! Image Gallery: Hovenweep Castle, Hovenweep Nat’l Monument

**Website Features!** Image Gallery: Hovenweep Castle, Hovenweep Nat’l Monument

## Website Features! Image Gallery: Hovenweep Castle, Hovenweep Nat’l Monument

**Website Features!** Image Gallery: Hovenweep Castle, Hovenweep Nat’l Monument

## Website Features! Image Gallery: Holly House Sun-Dagger

**Website Features!** Image Gallery: Holly House Sun-Dagger
- Summer Solstice, Hovenweep

## A Collection of 

*Guided Inquiry into NASA Science *
*‘**Step-by-step’ guides to live and archived NASA data*
*Teacher and student editions*
*A context by which NASA Missions can tell their interrelated stories.*

***Each Module Begins With:***
*An essential question*
*Connections to National Standards*
*Supporting questions*
*Up to three methods of observation*
*Identified resources and activities*

**( Modifiable HTML Templates )**

***A Collection of ***
***Inquiry-based Learning Modules***

- _[http://](http://son.nasa.gov/)__[son.nasa.gov](http://son.nasa.gov/)_

**http://son.nasa.gov**

**Notes:**
Supplemental Slide
For more information contact:
Elaine Lewis:  lewis@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov 
Don Robinson-Boonstra: drboonstra@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov

## Access Live Solar Data and Space Weather Simulations with the Sun-Earth Viewer

**Notes:**
Supplemental Slide
For more information contact:
Elaine Lewis:  lewis@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov 
Don Robinson-Boonstra: drboonstra@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov

## http://sunearthday.nasa.gov 

- _[http://sunearthday.nasa.gov](http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/)__ _

**Notes:**
Supplemental Slide