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Space Weather Educational Resources
How Does Space Weather Affect Us?
A bubbling, boiling substance called plasma
How Does Space Weather Affect Us?
What Does the Sun Look Like Up Close?
Light travels in waves
What Does the Sun Look Like Up Close?
How's the Weather on Other Planets?
Earth has dreadful weather
How's the Weather on Other Planets?
What is the Solar Cycle?
Learn about solar cycles
What is the Solar Cycle?
What is an Aurora?
A colorful light show in the sky
What is an Aurora?
Meet SWFO-L1: NOAA’s Eye on the Sun
Learn about this space weather satellite
Meet SWFO-L1: NOAA’s Eye on the Sun
What Was the Carrington Event?
It was a strange and stormy night
What Was the Carrington Event?
Additional Activities
NOAA and NASA work closely together to forecast and warn about the impacts of space weather. Here are additional activities that will add to your space weather knowledge.
The Sun, Space Weather, and You (Part 1)
and
The Sun, Space Weather, and You (Part 2)
, are Kahoot! games from NASA which will test your knowledge of heliophysics and the solar activity that we call space weather.
SWFO-L1 Satellite Coloring Page
(PDF) - print out this coloring page showing the SWFO-L1 Satellite collecting data from the sun.
JHelioviewer
- software for users to visualise the Sun for any time period between September 1991 and today. With it, you can perform basic image processing in real time, track features on the Sun, and interactively overlay magnetic field extrapolations.
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Space Weather Educational Resources
How Does Space Weather Affect Us?
A bubbling, boiling substance called plasma
How Does Space Weather Affect Us?
What Does the Sun Look Like Up Close?
Light travels in waves
What Does the Sun Look Like Up Close?
How's the Weather on Other Planets?
Earth has dreadful weather
How's the Weather on Other Planets?
What is the Solar Cycle?
Learn about solar cycles
What is the Solar Cycle?
What is an Aurora?
A colorful light show in the sky
What is an Aurora?
Meet SWFO-L1: NOAA’s Eye on the Sun
Learn about this space weather satellite
Meet SWFO-L1: NOAA’s Eye on the Sun
What Was the Carrington Event?
It was a strange and stormy night
What Was the Carrington Event?
Additional Activities
NOAA and NASA work closely together to forecast and warn about the impacts of space weather. Here are additional activities that will add to your space weather knowledge.
The Sun, Space Weather, and You (Part 1)
and
The Sun, Space Weather, and You (Part 2)
, are Kahoot! games from NASA which will test your knowledge of heliophysics and the solar activity that we call space weather.
SWFO-L1 Satellite Coloring Page
(PDF) - print out this coloring page showing the SWFO-L1 Satellite collecting data from the sun.
JHelioviewer
- software for users to visualise the Sun for any time period between September 1991 and today. With it, you can perform basic image processing in real time, track features on the Sun, and interactively overlay magnetic field extrapolations.
Related Info
Educational Games
Educational Videos
Resources for Teachers
Request Educational Materials
Contact