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Learning Technologies Channel presents...


Stanford SOLAR Center
"All About the Sun"

Welcome! Each month, our Solar Savvy Solar Scientist Paul Mortfield from Stanfords' SOLAR Center will take you on a journey, in and around the science of the Sun. Please join us for the second in what is already a dynamic and educational monthly series.

You will be able to study and interact with experts in Solar Science and experience the effects of solar energy and radiation on our lives here on earth. Paul is uniquely talented in his approach to learning and teaching science and will apply logic and sense to your students understanding of our solar system and the surrounding universe.

Schedule

DATE EVENT TIME DESCRIPTION
April 27 "All About the Sun" Part 2 Archive 10:00 am - 11:00 am PST (1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST) How does energy travel from the Sun's core to Earth? We'll talk with Dr. John Beck of Stanford University who studies the convection zone of the sun, where bubbles of hot gas the size of Texas rise to the solar surface and magnetic fields are twisted like rubber bands.
March 23 "All About the Sun" Archive 10:00 am - 11:00 am PST (1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST) Our guest will be Dr. Todd Hoeksema of Stanford University, Center for Space Science and Astrophysics.We'll talk about the Solar Cycle, solar flares, coronal mass ejections and what it's like inside the sun. Discussion will center around results obtained from the SOHO spacecraft which is parked 1 million miles away from Earth, studying the sun 24 hours a day.

Toward the end of this Webcast, Paul (our Host) will recap what we learned today about the Sun. A Solar scavenger hunt will reward the first 25 students online who correctly complete the scavenger hunt, with a SOLAR poster. Future Webcasts will link the topics to a web activity, that students and educators can make use of at the classroom level. Learn more about the Stanford SOLAR Center

MultiMedia Tools used to Experience the Live Events:
 Prior to Listening to or Viewing the Event you will need to Download the RealPlayer.
(The application program that allows you to hear or watch the events.)
Once you have downloaded and installed the RealPlayer on your computer.

  • Select Audio only to hear an Audio version of the program using RealPlayer.
  • Select Video to see a Video and hear the Audio using RealPlayer.
  • View the images referenced during the presentation
  • Select Chat Room to enter the Chat Room for this event. This will allow you to interact with the experts featured in the event.
  • Following the show you or your class can win a Solar Poster by correctly answering any or all of the questions on the Contest Page. All questions will have been answered at some point during the Webcast.
  • You may also want to Test these MultiMedia tools prior to the event.
  • Online survey: At NASA's Quest Project we provide our on-line projects and content for free. All we ask from you is a little information. Please take a few minutes to give us some feedback on the LTC event you have just attended. This information helps us improve what we offer, as well as, provides valuable information to be reported to our internal funders.

 

This Quest Project Web page
was last updated on March 8, 1999.

 
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