SEC Education Programs

Sun-Earth Day:
Since 2001 we have celebrated Sun-Earth Day around the spring equinox. Science centers, schools, NASA Centers, and community-based organizations host a variety of events around the Sun-Earth Connection Theme. This year's topic is "Ancient Observatories: Timeless Knowledge."

Solar Week:
is a week of on-line curriculum, focusing on the Sun-Earth Connection, a collection of games, lessons and activities, aimed at middle and high school students. Originating in 2000 as a daughter-site to the successful Yohkoh Public Outreach Project, Solar Week is now a success in its own right with over 20,000 students participating since its inception. A specific goal of Solar Week is to encourage middle-school girls to pursue science, but students of both genders will enjoy interacting on-line with solar physicists acting as role models and mentors. All of the scientists participating in Solar Week are women and a key topic is careers in science. Participating students learn about the Sun-Earth interaction via a series of daily topics and through an online Q&A session with the scientists. Solar Week, now a joint project of SECEF and Rice University, occurs bi-annually.