Dawn of the North: Space Weather, The Sun, and Aurora - Yerkes Teacher Workshop - Saturday February 23, 2013![]() ![]() This workshop will help you to better understand the strong connection between the Sun, Earth, and the Aurora (with a little stellar evolution thrown in too). We will look at the aurora and explain how they are formed due to the processes that occur on the sun and through space weather. Hear about the new IRIS (Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph) spacecraft and get your middle or high school students involved in the NASA ‘Tracking a Solar Storm’ project. We will explore the sun, its activity at various layers safely, with al of our modern ground based and NASA space based technologies. Participants will also learn about the space weather predictors used by scientists and what websites and Apps they can go to for aurora prediction. An aurora demonstration will also be provided As an extra bonus, we will share NEWLY DEVELOPED star cards, H-R diagram, and stellar evolution classroom activity that will make you a star in your classroom. BRING your laptop, mobile device, and/or tablet! Registration includes CPDUs and lunch. Register for this workshop now! Click here for registration form. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * RESOURCES Dawn of the North
Website This is a tutorial about how the aurora are created from energy from the Sun. (grades 9-12) http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/aurora_rocket/aurora/ Educational Materials and Activities for Middle and High Students http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/aurora_rocket/education/
Geophysical Institute Aurora Forecast http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast Graphing Sunspots Activity - This activity has been archived and the orginal website gone. But you can still access it from the Wayback Machine. On this link there are several sun spot activities for all grade levels. The one you want fhat we did at Yerkes is called "Graphing Sunspots" (Grades 9-12) IRIS Challenge Home http://irischallenge.arc.nasa.gov/ IIRIS Solar Storm Teacher
Guide http://irischallenge.arc.nasa.gov/iris_guide.pdf ISS AURORA VIDEOS - This is the entire video collection of aurora videos taken from the ISS and Shuttle by astronaut crews NASA Space Weather Action Center NASA Space Weather Media Viewer NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
SOHO Space Weather http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/spaceweather Space Weather Center - Current Space Weather Conditions - One stop shopping for links to many space weather predictor website. http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/forecast/welcome.html Space Weather Sun Song - Video - YouTube Classic - for younger students Nasa version - contains more detailed information The Magnetic Sun - Tutorial describing: What is Magnetic Fied - Magnetic Field Lines - Magnetic Field on Sun - Magnetic Loops on Sun's Corona - Sun's Changing Magnetic Field What Causes Aurora (YouTube) - Excellent Explaination from Sun to Earth Television in the Sky An Aurora and Cathode Ray Tube Analogy for how aurora are created. (grades 9-12) http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/aurora_rocket/education/crt/index.htm Water on Sun - Stanford news release http://solar-center.stanford.edu/news/sunwater.html Within Two Worlds (video) - Excellent mixed still and video images, including aurora Planetary Aurora Resources Earth Aurora (Video) Astronomy Picture of the Day http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101124.html Earth Aurora with Constellations Labeled (Astronomy Picture of the Day) http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120725.html Bad Astronomy - Pink Aurora as described in link above.... nice explanation http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/18/aurora-in-the-pink/#.USUUQ1esv5y Jupiter Aurora - Hubble Video clips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFsoXjFoKf4 Mars Aurora (no video) http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=martian-aurora-is-one-of Saturn Aurora Related to Earth - Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AmyfuJDMlY Saturn Aurora Explaination with new video clip http://phys.org/news204540485.html Uranus Aurora (no video) - Hubble image http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/04/hubble-uranus-auroras/ Uranus Aurora (no video) - Newer Hubble image http://www.universetoday.com/94565/hubble-reveals-curious-auroras-on-uranus/ Venus Aurora (no video) - Space.com http://www.space.com/15171-venus-auroras-magnetic-field.html Mobile device with any of the following free apps: Ideum: NASA Space Weather Media Viewer (Sun Viewer) NASA: NASA Space Weather (NASA SWx) NASA Heliophysics Division: 3D Sun ASTRA: Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) SELab Inc: SWx Monitor (SWx) Astra: Space Weather (SWA) Tinac Inc: Aurora Forecast (Aurora Fcst) iTunes only: Concentric Sky: Astronomy Picture of the
Day (APOD) Utah State University USTAR: Space Weather Note: There were a few files from the workshop that are just too big to be downloaded onto this page. If you would like any of those files, please contact Lynne Zielinski at lzielinski at comcast.net |
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