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NASA LaRC Office of EducationNASA Connect - Having A Solar Blast (1/3/2002)

NASA Connect Video containing five segments as described below. NASA Connect segment exploring solar flares and how NASA scientists study these events. The video explains the goal of the HESSI satellite, when solar flares occur, and how solar flares effect the Earth's atmosphere. NASA Connect segment involving students in an activity that investigates the cycles of solar flares. The video incorporates problem solving strategies while students compute percentages of M-class flares and graph data. NASA Connect segment explaining how NASA scientists use satellites to study and predict solar storms. The segment also explores which satellites are used, why this research is important, and how the storms might affect Earth. NASA Connect segment exploring the basic properties of the sun and its composition. The segment explains what sun spots are and how they effect the solar system. NASA Connect segment involving students in a web activity that explores problems related to solar weather.


This movie is part of the collection: NASA Images

Audience: Grade Level 6-8
Producer: NASA LaRC Office of Education
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: en
Keywords: NASA Connect; Sun; Atmosphere; HESSI Satellite; Earth; Solar Flares; Sun; X-Ray; Gamma Ray; Radiation; Magnetic Energy; Charged Particles; Electrons; Protons; Ions; Magnetic Field Mines; Radio Waves; Hydrogen; M-class Flares; Graph; Problem Solving; Solar Cycles; Student Activity; Solar Storms; Electromagnetic Radiation; Electromagnetic Spectrum; Radio Waves; Infrared Waves; Visible Waves; Ultra-Violet Waves; SOHO Satellite; Ace Satellite; Image Satellite; Solar Wind Speed; Ring Currents; Plasmasphere; Solar System; Sunspot; Nuclear Fussion; Energy; Hydrogen; Star; Galileo; Telescope; Temperature; Photosphere; Corona; Atomic Bomb; Corona Mass Ejection; Solar Weather; Web Activity; Solar Eclipse; Remote Solar Telescopes;

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