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Guide Lites Interactive Lesson: Solar Images

A solar image created with art.
An example of what your homemade solar image might look like
NASA eClips
Levels
  • Intermediate (6-8)
Material Type
  • Activity/Hands-on
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • Big Idea 3.1 – The Sun is made of churning plasma…
  • Big Idea 1.1 – The Sun is really big…
NGSS
  • ESS1 - Earth's Place in the Universe
Heliophysics Topics
  • Coronal Mass Ejection
  • Solar Flare
  • Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • Corona
  • Solar Eclipse
Material Cost per Learner 1 cent – $1
Language English

Create a picture of the Sun that can then be examined with colored filters to simulate how specialized instruments enable scientists to capture images and view different features of the Sun. Learners will also simulate a solar eclipse using the picture of the Sun and a lollipop to represent the Moon.