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Space Weather Living History: Dr. James L. Green

Space Weather Living History: Dr. James L. Green
Levels
  • Intermediate (6-8)
Material Type
  • Film/Documentary/Show
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • Big Idea 1.2 – The Sun is active…
  • Big Idea 1.3 – The Sun’s energy drives Earth’s climate…
  • Big Idea 3.1 – The Sun is made of churning plasma…
NGSS
  • ESS2 - Earth's Systems
  • PS1 - Matter and its Interactions
  • PS2 - Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Heliophysics Topics
  • Climate Change
  • Coronal Mass Ejection
  • Electromagnetism
  • Geomagnetic Storm
  • Magnetic Field
  • Magnetic Reconnection
  • Magnetosphere
  • Solar Wind
  • Sun
  • Sunspot
  • Van Allen Belts
Material Cost per Learner Free
Language English

Film | Grades 6-12+ | This educational podcast features former NASA Chief Scientist Dr. James L. Green discussing space weather history. It serves as an informative audio resource to help students understand solar activity, geomagnetic storms, and climate change. Educators can integrate this material into science lessons by having students listen to the audio or read the provided transcript, followed by a classroom discussion on how solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetosphere.

Credit: NASA

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Space Weather Living History Interview with Jim Green

Aug 20, 2026

MPEG (11.02 MB)

Space Weather Living History – James Green interview transcript

Aug 20, 2026

PDF (100.39 KB)