Grade Level: 6-8
Examine (daytime) surface temperature and solar radiation received at locations found near similar latitudes using NASA Data.
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Grade Level: 6-8
Students will analyze surface temperature and solar radiation data to construct explanations about the relationship of seasons and temperature to the amount of solar energy received on Earth’s surface.
Grade Level: 6-8,
9-12
In this activity, students will analyze past and future eclipse data and orbital models to determine why we don’t experience eclipses every month.
Remember to never look directly at the Sun without proper safety equipment.
What is a solar eclipse?
Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8
In this activity students will examine NASA data to determine the differences between a solar and lunar eclipse.
Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8,
9-12
The Earth System Satellite Images, along with the Data Literacy Cubes, helps the learner identify patterns in a specific image.
Grade Level: 6-8
In this lesson students will calculate the size to distance ratio of the Sun and the Moon from Earth to determine how a solar eclipse can occur.
Grade Level: 6-8,
9-12
In this activity, students will compare the methods scientists use to study the Sun, including drawings made during a total solar eclipse in the 1860’s, modern coronagraphs, and advanced imagery gathered by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.
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