Today we will concentrate on two activities. Each activity is broken up into parts so you can decide which parts to do depending on the time you have available.
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ACTIVITY 1: The Solar Cycle
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This activity takes you through the variability of the Sun as it changes
with time. You can investigate the cycles of the Sun with 250 years of data! Learn
to recognize common features and match x-ray images of the sun with visible light
images from the same day.
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ACTIVITY 2: The Colors of the Sun
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This activity takes you through the different ways that scientists look
at the Sun by studying different parts of its spectrum. Build your own inexpensive,
color, filter wheel and use it to study an image of the Crab Nebula! Discover why
scientists use different filters to study astronomical images. View several images
of the Sun as seen through different solar filters.
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