Crosscutting ConceptsCrosscutting Concepts Addressed by the Sunspot Science Digi Kit
1) Patterns, Grades 9-12: Patterns in rates of change and other numerical relationships can provide information about natural systems.
Activities correlating to this Crosscutting Concept:
2) Systems and System Models, Grades 9-12: When investigating or describing a system, the boundaries and initial conditions of the system need to be defined.
Activities correlating to this Crosscutting Concept:
1) Patterns, Grades 9-12: Patterns in rates of change and other numerical relationships can provide information about natural systems.
Activities correlating to this Crosscutting Concept:
- NASA-SSEC Lecture Tutorial: Measuring the Frequency and Period of Sunspots
- Open Source Physics: Galileo Sunspots Model
- Big Bear Solar Observatory: Sunspot Videos
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: Understanding the Magnetic Sun
- NASA/ESA Class Activity: Tracking Sunspots Using Real Data from SOHO
- Science Netlinks: Tracking the Movement of Sunspots
- Exploratorium: Sunspots - Modern Research
- Max Planck Institute: Supercomputer Sheds Light on Sunspot Formation
- NASA Earth Observatory: The Butterfly Effect
- Earthsky.org: What is Sidereal Time?
2) Systems and System Models, Grades 9-12: When investigating or describing a system, the boundaries and initial conditions of the system need to be defined.
Activities correlating to this Crosscutting Concept:
- NASA-SSEC Lecture Tutorial: Measuring the Frequency and Period of Sunspots
- Open Source Physics: Naked Eye Sidereal and Solar Day JS Model
- Big Bear Solar Observatory: Solving Sunspot Mysteries
- NASA Poster: How Space Weather & Solar Storms Affect Earth
- NASA Earth Observatory: What Exactly Is a Sunspot?
- Phys.org: Sunspot Formation Revealed