Solar Math Educator Guide

Blue circle with variations of color throughout the circle. Patches of darker and lighter blue, smaller swaths of green, and smaller spots of bright yellow and orange.
Solar Math
NASA
Levels
  • beginner
  • intermediate
  • advanced
Requirements
  • low_tech
  • low_cost
Helio Topics
  • solar_cycle
  • solar_flare
  • solar_wind
  • space_weather
  • magnetosphere
  • geomagnetic_storm
  • sun
  • sunspots
CreditSpaceMath @NASA
Language
  • english

Educator guide containing 99 math-infused problems that incorporate NASA Data. In this guide, students explore the simple mathematics behind predicting solar storms. Problems range from calculating the sizes of sunspots from photographs, to investigating solar magnetism, including the sunspot cycle.