Education and Outreach Resources

Education and outreach resources

Links to solar physics Web resources of general interest.

Resources for the total solar eclipse of 2001 June 21

SOHO Explore

The SOHO Explore page includes Ask Dr. SOHO, lesson plans, posters, a SOHO glossary, and more links.

SunBlock99

A group of young UK solar physicists (in both the UK and the US) have put together the SunBlock99 site for introducing secondary school students to solar physics and the people who do it. Also included are tips for teachers on the UK National Curriculum sections relevant to solar physics.

SOHO EIT QuickTime VR object movie available

A QuickTime VR (Virtual Reality) object movie that allows the user to rotate the Fe XII 195 Å Sun through almost an entire rotation --- at the rate the user determines with simple mouse dragging of the "object" --- the Sun.

Click on the QTVR icon to view the interactive movie.

QuickTime players and for Macintosh and Windows can be obtained here.

A nice eclipse site....

....designed by a student: Ted's excellent eclipse notes contains a tutorial, animations of eclipses, and useful information on observing eclipses.

TRACE Educational Resources

A page full of educational resources from those wacky folks at Lockheed Martin Palo Alto Advanced Technology Center.

The Lockheed/MSU YPOP pages go primetime

The Lockheed Martin Palo Alto ATC/Montana State University Yohkoh Public Outreach Project (YPOP) Web site features movies, educational resources, and links to other solar sites.

RHESSI outreach

The RHESSI group at NASA Goddard has extensive outreach pages.

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Web curator: Joseph B. Gurman
Responsible NASA official: Joseph B. Gurman, Facility Scientist, Solar Data Analysis Center

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Last revised 2006 May 01 - J.B. Gurman