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Pinhole Camera: All the Sun Through the Eye of a Pinhole

Pinhole Camera: All the Sun Through the Eye of a Pinhole

This is an activity about observing the Sun. Learners will construct a pinhole projector to project an image of the Sun, observe and record the size of the projected image, and calculate the diameter of the Sun using the measurements and a known distance to the Sun. This activity is from the Touch the Sun educator guide.

Keywords:
Heliophysics, Earth and Space Science:Solar System:The Sun, Hinode (Solar-B), Mathematics -- Measurement, Analysis and Probability, NSDL, Mathematics:Problem Solving, Mathematics, Space Science, Mathematics:Data Collection
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Material Type:
Assessment Tool
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 30, 2017
Author:
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Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
Grade School, Middle School, High School
Technical Format:
Website
Mobile Compatibility:
Not specified at this time
Language:
English
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No
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