Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 9-12
Subject
Solar System and Planets, Sun
Type
Interactive Multimedia, Lesson Plans / Activities
Use this resource to visualize solar phenomena at different time and spatial scales, and to provide opportunities to make evidence-based claims about the Sun’s dynamic nature. Access authentic satellite data, view images of solar events and create your own videos of solar features and activity in near-real time or at any time during the past two full solar cycles.
Support materials include background information, teaching tips and discussion questions.
This resource was developed through GBH’s Bringing the Universe to America’s Classrooms project, in collaboration with NASA’s Science Activation program.
Next Generation Science Standards: HS-ESS1.A.1, HS-PS3.D.1