Space Weather Activities, Projects & Problems

Hands-on activities, longer term projects, and tricky problems to tickle your brain - we've got them all here for you.
This is the front of a Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance (SID) monitor, which can detect sudden changes in Earth's <a href="/earth/Atmosphere/ionosphere.html&edu=elem&dev=">ionosphere</a> caused by <a href="/sun/atmosphere/solar_flares.html&edu=elem&dev=">solar flares</a> and similar <a href="/sun/solar_activity.html&edu=elem&dev=">solar activity</a>. The Earth's ionosphere is critical to our ability to communicate via <a href="/physical_science/magnetism/em_radio_waves.html&edu=elem&dev=">radio waves</a> over long distances.<p><small><em> Image courtesy Stanford SOLAR Center.</em></small></p>

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Hands-on Activities for Classroom & Home

Hands-on Activities, Lesson Plans, Games and Quizzes for use in the Classroom or at Home These ...Read more

Projects - for Science Fairs & Beyond

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Problems - for Practice or Homework

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Geologists Uncover Major Ancient Human Ancestor in South Africa

Researchers working in South Africa have discovered two remarkably well-preserved fossil skeletons of an ancient human ancestor dating to almost two million years ago. The discovery is described in two...Read more


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