Real World: Space Weather
This NASA video segment looks at space weather and examines the major ramifications space weather can have on Earth. The Van Allen Probes, formerly known as the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), have been operating since their launch in August 2012. This mission was in a planning stage at the time of this video's production. For current information about this mission, go to: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/rbsp/mission/index.html
Background Information
Grades K through 5
- NASA Solar Storm and Space Weather FAQs
- NASA Solar System Exploration Sun Gallery
- NASA Space Weather
- NASA Space Weather
- NASA Studying Space Weather
- NASA Space Place What is Space Weather?
Grades 6 through 8
- NASA Storms from the Sun
- NASA Van Allen Probes
Activities
Grades 6 through 8
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Measure the Motion of a Coronal Mass Ejection
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Space Weather Action Center
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Take the MMS Challenge
- Stanford University Space Weather Forecast: Flarecast!
Mathematics
Grades 6 through 8
- NASA Space Math Solar Storms: Sequences and Probabilities I
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Space Weather Math