Marshall Space Flight Center
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The Space Weather Sounds Scavenger Hunt
and its relationship to
the National Science Education Standards
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As students examine the data, questions will arise. A vital part of scientific research is the process of designing a method for answering a question. Involvement in this process allows teachers to collaborate with their students on open-ended, real-world research.
- Space weather is dependant on the physical interactions of charged particles and electromagnetic fields
- Surrounding the Earth is a layer of plasma. Space weather is affected by changes in this plasma. Investigation of these changes will inevitably touch upon the structure and properties of atoms
- Interactions of energy and matter?
- Forces?
- The magnetic field of the earth deflects much of the solar wind. Changes in space weather affect the magnetosphere and alter the location and intensity of the aurora.
- Changes in space weather ultimately result from changes in the transfer of energy from the sun to the earth.
- Students will learn about electronics by building Inspire receivers.
- As students use their receivers to collect data they will discover the capabilities and limitations of this technology.
- Electronic communications are a part of our daily lives. Some changes in space weather are natural hazards which can interrupt these communications.
- Astronomy is the oldest of the sciences.
- As recently as the 1950’s, there have been fundamental changes in our understanding of the space environment.
Standards tables copied from NSTA website.
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