Sun-Earth
Media Viewer:
The Sun-Earth Media Viewer is a Flash-based interactive tool kit built to support
the major public outreach initiatives of NASA's Sun-Earth Connection Education
Forum. Requires
Flash Player
Views
of the Solar System:
Good source for images of the Sun and solar system objects. Contains useful tables
about the planets.
Auroral Activity Maps:
Maps are extrapolated from observations of the Polarorbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES). Has maps of auroral activity for both the northern and southern hemispheres.
Space Environment Center:
The Education and Public Outreach section has a nice set of short topic papers in PDF format suitable for class use on topics such as space weather, the ionosphere, and the
solar maximum.
Survey
of Resources at Rice Space
Weather Resources:
Good reference site with extensive links to space weather forecasts, space
physics observatories and research centers, and to amateur organizations.
Also has a good set of educational links.
Solar
Max 2000 presented by the Exploratorium:
A terrific resource for understanding the solar maximum. Should we be concerned?
Find out at this web site. The site has current solar images and events.
Sunspots
and the Solar Cycle:
This NASA site has a wealth of information on Sunspots and the solar cycle as
well as how the Sun works. It covers all of the basic areas of research about
the
Sun.
A
Change of Season:
Learn about the changing seasons. Watch a "NASAtoon" explaining our
seasons, learn about sundials, why leaves change color in the Fall, and more.
Sun-Earth
Connection Education Forum (SECEF):
The home of NASA's Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum which is dedicated to
increasing science literacy and focusing attention on the active Sun and its
effects on Earth.
