Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 9-12
Subject
Mathematics, Space Science, Measurement and Data Analysis, Solar System and Planets, Sun
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities
Students will use two images from the Hinode (Solar-B) solar observatory to calculate the speed of magnetic filaments near a sunspot. The images show the locations of magnetic features at two different times. Students calculate the image scales in kilometers per millimeter and determine the time difference to estimate the speeds of the selected features. A one-page teacher guide accompanies the one-page assignment.
Problem 13, Moving Magnetic Filaments Near Sunspots [127KB PDF file]
This mathematics problem is part of Space Math III.