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ACTIVITIES AND LESSON PLANS
Turn your classroom, museum, or home into a space physics lab...
General
Observing the Sun for Yourself (download PDF document)
CERES S'COOL Project
http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/
HESSI Spacecraft Model (mission launches this summer)
http://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/hessi/hessi_model.pdf
Make your own sundial
http://www.lmsal.com/YPOP/Classroom/Lessons/Sundials/sundials.html
Build your own pinhole camera/projector
http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/how.html
TIMED Mobile and TIMED Model
TIMED Mobile and TIMED Model
After clicking on the "TIMED Mobile and TIMED Model", click on the "Activities" button and you will have the
option of downloading the pdf for either "Mobile" or the "Model".
Seeing the Invisible - lessons about the light of the Sun (PDF documents)
* Teacher Guide
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach/solar_observation.pdf
* Student Workbook
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach/student_booklet.pdf
Magnetic Field Activities for the High School Classroom
http://istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach/ed
Backgroung Reading on Sun-Earth Science
Living in the Atmosphere of the Sun
http://istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/exhibit/
Mission to Geospace
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach/
A resource page for teachers and the news media, the site includes an
extensive library of news articles and news releases about our science, plus
an expansive image gallery.
The Great Magnet, the Earth
http://istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/earthmag/demagint.htm
This web site tells the story of Dr. William Gilbert and his book, "De
Magnete," or "On the Magnet." In 1600, Gilbert published this first great
study of magnetism, the first rational explanation of the mysterious ability
of the compass needle to point north and south. Gilbert declared that the
Earth itself was magnetic, and the era of modern physics and astronomy was
begun.
What's Happening in Geo-Space(Sun-Earth Space) Today
Follow the Sun
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/sun/
ISTP Real-Time Monitoring Page-remove
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/events/monitor/
Other Cool and Hot spots on the WWW
ISTP Puzzles and Games
http://istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach/games
Ideas For Scientists
Download a pre-made presentation on your science
Seeing the Invisible - lessons about the light of the Sun (PDF documents)
* Teacher Guide
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach/solar_observation.pdf
* Student Workbook
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach/student_booklet.pdf
Magnetic Field Activities for the High School Classroom
http://istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach/ed
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