In this activity, students learn how sunspots can be used to determine the rotation period of the Sun. They are asked to theorize on possible reasons for the Sun's apparent motion, and to use an overlay to determine solar latitude and longitude and photographs of sunspots to help them perform measurements to determine the rotation period of the Sun. The overlay, photos of sunspots over a period of four days, and a student worksheet are provided. Educational levels: Middle school
Solarscapes presents middle school students with a short, focused study of the physical nature of th...
This activity can be done on the first day of winter, spring, or summer and is intended to help stud...
A key Disciplinary Core Idea for understanding our place in space is that the orbits of Earth and th...
In this activity, students learn how to determine the rotation rate of a sphere with identifiable fe...
In this activity students find the patterns that emerge when sunspot numbers are plotted over a peri...
In this activity, students investigate the change in the number of sunspots over a period of time. T...
We utilize sidereal rotation period expressions to calculate the sun’s rotation period via sunspot o...
In this activity students study various features of the Sun in order to understand how the Sun varie...
In this activity, students will investigate data from other stars that resemble the Sun in size and ...
A topic often taught in introductory astronomy courses is the changing position of the Sun in the sk...
Introduction: Sunspots are some of the most notable features of the Sun. Use a telescope to track th...
In this activity, students will collect and use solar data to compute, using angular velocity, the S...
Sunspots have been observed to undergo rotation about their umbral centre. This is typically a slow ...
This lesson plan, adapted from NASA's Solar and Heliocentric Observatory website, teaches students h...
This activity is designed to help students fully understand our planet's relationship to the Sun. St...
Solarscapes presents middle school students with a short, focused study of the physical nature of th...
This activity can be done on the first day of winter, spring, or summer and is intended to help stud...
A key Disciplinary Core Idea for understanding our place in space is that the orbits of Earth and th...
In this activity, students learn how to determine the rotation rate of a sphere with identifiable fe...
In this activity students find the patterns that emerge when sunspot numbers are plotted over a peri...
In this activity, students investigate the change in the number of sunspots over a period of time. T...
We utilize sidereal rotation period expressions to calculate the sun’s rotation period via sunspot o...
In this activity students study various features of the Sun in order to understand how the Sun varie...
In this activity, students will investigate data from other stars that resemble the Sun in size and ...
A topic often taught in introductory astronomy courses is the changing position of the Sun in the sk...
Introduction: Sunspots are some of the most notable features of the Sun. Use a telescope to track th...
In this activity, students will collect and use solar data to compute, using angular velocity, the S...
Sunspots have been observed to undergo rotation about their umbral centre. This is typically a slow ...
This lesson plan, adapted from NASA's Solar and Heliocentric Observatory website, teaches students h...
This activity is designed to help students fully understand our planet's relationship to the Sun. St...
Solarscapes presents middle school students with a short, focused study of the physical nature of th...
This activity can be done on the first day of winter, spring, or summer and is intended to help stud...
A key Disciplinary Core Idea for understanding our place in space is that the orbits of Earth and th...
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