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The Sun
Sunscapes
Exhibition Materials for all ages
Telescopes capture the Sun's ultraviolet light as beautiful images that are full of information about solar processes. This spectacular interactive photo gallery portrays the turbulent Sun in action.
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How the Sun Works
Activity for grades 9 through 12
Talk about a long-term power source. For billions and billions of years, the Sun has been giving off energy that equals 4 x 1026 watts. What keeps the Sun burning so bright?
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Space Weather
Article for grades 9 through 12
The Sun continuously sheds its skin, blowing a fierce wind of charged particles in all directions. Find out what happens when this wind—carrying mass from a solar storm—slams into Earth.
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Research on the Web: Earth Viewer
Activity for grades 6 through 12
When the sun is setting where you live, where is it rising? And where on Earth can an entire season go by without a minute of darkness? Find out with this interactive Web investigation.
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Detecting UV Light
Curriculum Materials for grades 5 through 8
You can't see the Sun's ultraviolet rays with your eyes—you just see their results on your freckled, tanned, or sunburned skin. Build a bracelet that immediately detects these invisible rays.
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