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This interactive page developed by the Space Science Institute is a set of tutorials on the Sun's place in space, structure of the Sun, the solar cycle and solar wind phenomena, and dynamic processes on the Sun such as flares and coronal mass ejections. Designed for secondary education, the site also features six games to enhance understanding:
1) The Great Escape -- Follow a solar maze to see why it takes hundreds of thousands of years to get from the Sun's fusion core to its surface. 2) Our Place in Space -- Explore the Milky Way and try to find the Sun. 3) Near & Far -- Rank objects in order from closest to farthest from you. 4) Small and Large -- Place objects in order from largest-to-smallest. 5) Wrath of Ra -- Try to hit Earth by launching particles off the Sun. If you succeed, you could cause an aurora. 6) Solar Vision -- See if you can find objects that can only be seen through a certain filter. NOTE: The computer games all run in an app called "Ruffle", a Flash Player emulator written in the Rust programming language. Ruffle runs on all modern operating systems as a standalone application, and on all modern browsers through the use of WebAssembly.
Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Ideas (K-12)
Types of Interactions (PS2.B)
Electromagnetic Radiation (PS4.B)
Crosscutting Concepts (K-12)
Scale, Proportion, and Quantity (3-12)
Systems and System Models (K-12)
Structure and Function (K-12)
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Title = {Space Weather Center: Living With a Star},
Publisher = {Space Science Institute},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {1 May 2025},
Month = {August 29, 2011},
Year = {2001}
}
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