Curated OER
The Sun
Middle schoolers draw diagram of sun and its layers, including photosphere, chromosphere, corona, convection and radiative zones, and core. Students then describe each layer in their own words, define sun spot cycle, and describe solar...
Curated OER
Sunspot Graphing
Students, using 15 years of sunspot data, plot data on a classroom graph. They discuss why the pattern from their individual sheets did not and could not match the class graph.
Curated OER
Solar Storms
Students investigate the cycles of solar activity. They plot the solar activity and use the graph to answer a number of questions and explain the relationship between the solar storms and sunspots and the impact on earth and space travel.
California Institute of Technology
Cool Cosmos: Sun Ask an Astronomer
Cool Cosmos provides the answer to many questions about the sun! Just find your question and click on it.
NASA
Nasa: World Book at Nasa: Sun
World Book Encyclopedia article, hosted by NASA, covers key details about the sun, incuding size, composition, radiations, rotation, vibration, magnetic fields, zones of the sun, solar wind, sun spots, and related topics.
NASA
Nasa Star Child: The Sun
Get to know our nearest star with this introduction to the sun. Listen to the information in an audio file. Vocabulary words are linked to a glossary of terms. Features include links to other interesting facts and a printable version of...
Extreme Science
Extreme Science: All About the Sun
Read about the sun, the source of its energy, solar activity, sunrise/sunset times, solar flares, and other interesting facts.
Other
The Virtual Sun: Surface of the Sun the Photosphere
The Virtual Sun provides a brief overview of the surface of the sun. Content includes a time-lapse movie of the photosphere.
SMART Technologies
Smart: The Sun
This lesson students learn about the sun including parts of the sun and sun spots.