Solar Science Workshop Teachers
July 17-20, 2007
"The Effect of the Sun and Global Warming
Workshop will include:
- scientific theories and evidence behind the phenomenon of global warming
- environmental problems from different points of view
- application of solid science to real-life conditions
- UA research scientists who study the sun and its effect on climate
- Activities from GEMS
(Great Explorations in Math and Science)
Global Warming teacher's guide and kit
Contact:
samec@lpl.arizona.edu
Solar Resources
The NASA Sun-Earth Media Viewer is a Flash-based viewer. It allows visitors to zoom and pan live NASA solar and Earth images. It includes a scale tool.
The viewer also contains video interviews with scientists and detailed scientific animations and visualizations.
The Solar Science Workshop is funded by a research grant received by the National Science Foundation (Solar-Terrestrial Program Award #0447354) and awarded to Assistant Professor Joe Giacalone at the University of Arizona
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. Partners included The University of Arizona
Science and Mathematics Education Center and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO).
National Science Foundation Solar-Terrestrial Program Abstract
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