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Jeanine Gelhaus Medford Area Public Schools

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Outline EARTHKAM UW-Milwaukee RET program a. planetarium b. website: resource compilation c. Inquiry on the Sun ~ SOLAR WEEK

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International Space Station- ISS

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Launched in 1998 Hopes to still be orbiting in 2028

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Synthesis of Components -Countries

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Move between the sections via tunnels

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EarthKAM https://earthkam.ucsd.edu https://earthkam.ucsd.edu

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ISS is Research Lab

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Student opportunity to program an ISS camera

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Camera NIKON D2X DIGITAL Controlled by a LENOVO IBM LAPTOP List of 100 photo codes to use. Students info sheet

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SELECT ORBIT DAY/NIGHT

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LATITUDE and LONGTITUDE

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Mapping Tools

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Weather

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Taken by students at MAMS

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Himalayas by Ben M.

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Vancouver, Canada By Hannah B.

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Wisconsin Dells by Jeremy K.

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Washington, DC by Harely M.

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Xinjiannxiang, China by Macy B.

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Waterloo, Iowa by Madelyn B.

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Harbin, China by Osy E.

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Oshkosh, WI by Douglas S.

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La Roche Gordon by Richard C.

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Crazy Horse by Sydney E.

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Outskirts of Canberra, Australia by Wyatt

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Cario, Egypt by Cassidy D. Powerpoint by Douglas S., Made 2011

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UW-Milwaukee SUMMER RET 2011

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The Match J 2 Dr. Jean Creighton Teaches astronomy At UW-Milwaukee Director of the Manfred Planetarium Jeanine Gelhaus 7 th and 8 th grade science teacher Adjunct Faculty Teacher Consultant Curriculum Work

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Goals A. Increase Knowledge/Content in the area of astronomy Brown Bag Lunch Sessions: David Kaplan Neutron Stars Dawn Erb- Dark Energy and Accelerating Universe Dr. Creighton: discussions, planetarium shows Personal research of websites, watching videos, reading articles, etc B. Create a unit of inquiry-study dealing with astronomy

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Project #1 Consultation on current website & online materials Do the actual planetarium programs accurately reflect what is marketed in on the planetarium website?

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Project 1- Resource Compilation Outline standards and big ideas for grade-levels Do web searches for videos, images, activities Each resource was checked by Dr. Creighton Bias Precision -Accuracy No misconceptions perpetuated One STOP Browsing! PRODUCT- Housed on Manfred Olson Planetarium website (LIVE Links)

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Project #2 Solar Phenomena PAST- UV International - Global Climate Change NASA/UW-Madison - Solar Energy*- UWSP

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Outline Sun is a star: Review Rotation/Revolution/Seasons Parts: chromosphere, photosphere, etc ** Phenomena: solar flares, sun spots, ** Media: on solar flares and Earth ** Inquiry/Journal the Sun: Real-Time Observations ** Satellite Images: false-color images ** Using NASA data to create pics of actual sunspots ** Sunspot cycle and correlation to GCC ** Sunspots: auroras, electrical grid malfunctions

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Phenomena of the Sun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmwL2cLgD4k&fe ature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmwL2cLgD4k&fe ature=related

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Media Frenzy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTHg7bkpvZ4

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Satellite Imagery X-RAY Solar Images and the use False Color Imagery When looking at how active the Sun is with respect to radiation (energy), X-RAY imagery is used to show the active areas of the Sun. The active area of the Sun in these images is shown in a different color and is situated along the equatorial region.

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Satellite Images: Visible Light Imagesof the Sun These are Visible light or white-light images (gray) as we would see the Sun if you were to walk outside and look at it. (CAUTION- NEVER look directly at the Sun) These images show dark sunspots on the Suns outer surface. Sunspots show cooler areas on the Suns outer photosphere.

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Can you MATCH the White Light image to the correct XRAY image? Do they correlate in someway?

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Answer: There is an actual physical connection between sunspots and X-ray active regions Sunspots are locations where intense magnetic fields pass through the photosphere. The bright active regions in the corona are also regions of concentrated magnetic field; the loop-like structures sometimes seen in active regions actually trace out the direction of magnetic field lines. The fact that an X-ray active region is found in the corona directly above a photospheric sunspot suggests that the same magnetic field links them both: the magnetic field threads through the sunspot up into the corona, where it loops back down again to the photosphere below.

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Inquiry Journals http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/

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Creating Images from Sun Spots Computers often record and transfer information using a series of ones (1) and zeros (0). This is called a "binary system. Pixels Create images of sun spots from the binary system http://ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/solarweek/TUESDAY/ACTIVITY/pixelprt.html

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SOLAR WEEK http://www.solarweek.org/cms/http://www.solarweek.org/cms/

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THANK YOU Gelhaje@medford.k12.wi.us