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Sunspot Tracker: There's a Little Dark Spot on the Sun Today

Sunspot Tracker: There's a Little Dark Spot on the Sun Today

This is an activity about the movement of sunspots. Learners will project an image of the Sun using a telescope, binoculars, or a pinhole projector, observe and record sunspots over the course of several days, and calculate the speed of the observed sunspots to, therefore, determine the rotation rate of the Sun. This activity is from the Touch the Sun educator guide....

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Keywords:
Heliophysics, Hinode (Solar-B), Earth and Space Science:Solar System:The Sun:Solar Physics, Mathematics -- Measurement, Analysis and Probability, NSDL, Mathematics:Problem Solving, Mathematics, Space Science, Mathematics:Data Collection, Physics
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Material Type:
Assessment Tool
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 30, 2017
Author:
Unknown (Know the author?)
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
Cost Involved:
No
Source Code Available:
No
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Unknown

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