Sun Earth Day March 20th 2009

Sun Earth Day 2009- Our Sun Yours to Discover is just 2 weeks away!
We have again been working hard to bring a webcast that is suitable
for all ages and all audiences. This is a brief outline of what the webcast will contain:

For each mission and discovery there will be great visualizations to keep things exciting!

During the webcast, scientists Eric Christian, Nicky Fox, Terry Kucera and Sten Odenwald will share discoveries about the sun, while students monitor the sun and prepare their own space weather forecast.

  • We begin with safe use of the telescope
  • Welcome and introduction of students who will be monitoringthe Sun during the webcast. Questions will be asked about their progress during the webcast.
  • A look at history-Galileo
  • Hinode satellite discoveries, followed by a Q and A session
    live from Goddard Space Flight Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Adler Planetarium

  • SoHO and STEREO discoveries
  • Q and A- Goddard Space Flight Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Adler Planetarium
  • THEMIS discoveries
  • TIMED/POLAR imagery, Magnetosphere, Van Allen radiation belts
  • Q and A- Goddard Space Flight Center, Jet Propulsion
    Laboratory and Adler Planetarium

  • Voyager and IBEX discoveries
  • Q and A- Goddard Space Flight Center, Jet Propulsion
    Laboratory and Adler Planetarium

  • SDO to be discovered
  • Q and A- Goddard Space Flight Center, Jet Propulsion
    Laboratory and Adler Planetarium

  • Space Weather Report by students at the Space Weather Action Center

    We will begin the webcast at 1:00 EDT -1 hour

    You can connect to the webcast from several different links and the
    NASA Education channel at 1:00 live, (re-run 3:30 and 6:00 EDT)

    This is featured on the Sun Earth Day website; http://sunearthday.nasa.gov

    With web links to the following or go directly to:

    NASA Education channel is also streamed:
    http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html?param=education
    And it is easy enough to click to, from NASA Home portal page, click
    NASA TV (live), next window select Education Channel.
    And
    http://dln.nasa.gov/dln/content/webcast/index.jsp

    Elaine Lewis
    Senior Science & Educational Curriculum Coordinator
    Goddard Space Flight Center

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