Heliophysics Resource Database
Use the filters below to easily narrow your search by grade level, topic, or resource type to find exactly what you need. Welcome to our comprehensive database for formal and informal educators, curated by scientists, engineers, and educators from NASA and our partner institutions. These materials have been rigorously tested in the field and selected because they are highly effective at engaging all learners in heliophysics and NASA science.
Refine Your Research:
This three-poster series teaches foundational heliophysics: from solar cycles to space weather, integrated with traditional Navajo ways of knowing. Featuring "Our Sun in the Universe," "Our Sun and Earth" and "Sun, Earth, and Life Relationships" this collection explores complex space…
This poster examines how solar radiation drives Earth's climate, weather systems, and the biological processes that sustain life. The resource details how the ozone layer shields us from ultraviolet light and how Earth's atmosphere traps greenhouse gases. By combining NASA's…
This poster explores space weather, illustrating how solar wind and magnetic fields create auroras, bridging NASA and Navajo knowledge. By observing Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, this resource highlights the science of electromagnetic shields protecting planetary atmospheres from harsh solar…
This poster explores the Sun's 11-year solar cycles, magnetic fields, and immense gravity to explain planetary orbits and cosmic evolution. Discover how coronal mass ejections, sunspots, and the electromagnetic spectrum demonstrate the Sun's power as a massive ball of churning…
The Space Weather Living History project captures, documents and preserves the living history of space weather, and aims to inspire the next generation of scientists. Interviews include pioneers in space weather research and leaders in international efforts to advance the…
Helio and You This article series for educators aims to engage learners of all ages with the exciting world of solar science. Our goal is to help educators inspire students by connecting informal and classroom learning to real NASA events,…
In this teacher’s magnetism activity guide, “Exploring Magnetism,” students are given the opportunity to act as scientists discovering magnetic fields and electromagnetism through inquiry and measurement.
Every so often, people on Earth get the chance to experience a total solar eclipse. But did you know that eclipses can happen on other worlds, too? In this in-depth article, you can find out all about eclipses on Earth…
This episode from the Space Weather Living History podcast features Dr. Ernie Hildner reflecting on his extensive career in solar physics, which includes serving as the Chief of the Solar Physics branch at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and spending…
Show | Grades 6-12+ | In this December 2012 interview, Dr. David Hathaway, a solar astronomer at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, discusses his career trajectory into solar physics and outlines what he considers the most significant historical milestones in…
This presentation by Dr. Jared Espley to the Heliophysics Education Community explains how the Sun sends a stream of charged particles called the solar wind that travels all the way to Earth and throughout the solar system. Fortunately, Earth is…
This presentation is about the Eclipse MegaMovie 2024 Citizen Science project. Citizen scientists help solve solar mysteries: during the 2024 total solar eclipse, volunteers along the path of totality took pictures using high-resolution cameras on sun-tracking mounts. These pictures were…
In this presentation to the Heliophysics Education Community, Drs. Marilia Samara and Robert Michell present on their research of flickering auroras. Like crime scene investigators, two scientists use clues at the “crash site” and work backward to investigate the cause.…
In this presentation to the Heliophysics Education Community Dr. Samuel Schonfeld discusses his research on space weather with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Why does AFRL care about heliophysics? How do models help space weather nowcasting? Dr. Samuel Schonfeld…
In this presentation to the Heliophysics Education Community Dr. Kevin Reardon of University of Colorado Boulder discusses the solar research programs at the National Solar Observatory (NSO), as well as educational outreach initiatives. Dr. Reardon describes research with continuous global…