Task:
One of the STEREO spacecraft. NASA photo.
As a budding solar scientist, your task will be to join the international community of professional and amateur scientists at the Zoo Universe Solar StormWatch project. You will be instrumental in helping the StormWatch team analyze real data collected by NASA's STEREO mission.
By the end of this lesson you will:
By the end of this lesson you will:
- Be able to describe the structure of the Sun, including solar features.
- Explain how the Sun generates its energy.
- Compare and contrast our Sun to other stars in our galaxy, referring to the H-R diagram.
- Interpret and analyze stereoscopic images of the Sun.
- Explain the hazards of "space weather" to Earth and how we can forecast it.
- Have contributed REAL, VALUABLE data to an important scientific project.
