We've geared these to 4-12 grade students, but interested adults might be intrigued as well. What follows is an overview of the activites you'll find here. We encourage your feedback, suggestions, and ideas for new projects . On for information and resources on integrating technology into learning environments.
Some students work in teams, others alone, and their results are compared.
Students are asked to relate what they've observed to Earth-based experiences. Students are instructed to use the web every day to retrieve a current solar image. Subsequent activities will show the students how to use the data for scientific purposes. Includes pointer to hands-on demonstration of concepts. An entertaining, visually-based quiz to give students an intuitive feel for how big our star is.