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Science Update: Space Weather: The Sun, Earth, and You, December 4, 2025
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Join us on Thursday, December 4, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about impending solar events and their potential impacts on Earth. The Sun is constantly churning and bubbling. In addition to the radiation…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the Sun and stars. The probe is designed to uncover students’ ideas about the nature of stars and their recognition that the Sun is an average star…
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Citizen Science: Out of this World Citizen Science—Sun, Space, and Your Mission: Starlight
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This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data. Mission: Starlight is a global experiment from the Royal Society of Chemistry…
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A Sun-Earth-Moon Activity to Develop Student Understanding of Lunar Phases and Frames of Reference
Journal Article |
Lead students through a series of guided questions to explore the phases of the Moon.
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Journal Article |
Confront students’ misconceptions about the Earth–Sun system with this collection of activities.
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NSTA Engage: Fall20 Popular Topics
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NSTA Engage: Fall20 Popular Topics Online and Blended Learning Fri, 5:45-6:30 PM EST Conducting Labs in the Virtual World Fri, 4:05-4:50 PM EST Webcams as Windows into Animal Behavior Sat., 11:50-12:15 PM EST Saturday Lightning Chat:…
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Listserv Roundup: Four Stellar Modeling Resources for Those Who Teach About the Sun and Solar System
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This column shares recent conversations taken from the NSTA listserv community about current science education topics. The author focuses on the NGSS crosscutting concept of Systems and System Models and uses the…
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