Review for:SOHO - Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

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posted: on January 13, 2007 at 1:10PM

My rating of this resource: ****

My experience using this resource:
Meteorology

Topic I was teaching:
Energy and Radiation

My learning goal for which this resource was used:
to show that the Sun constantly emits energy at many wavelengths.

to discuss auroras

Course Level:
Intro or Regular

How I/my students used the resource:
we watched movies of solar activity during a solar flare and then we discussed how this energy interacted with the Earth's Magnetic Field to "create" an aurora.

Value Added:
Provides visualization or animation, Provides a virtual lab, Increases access to scientists, Provides additional content, Increases student engagement and motivation

Strengths:
the site provides many images and movies, it is almost always available, provides scientific data that students have never seen before

Weaknesses:
there are so many links available to a user of the site that it becomes hard to find exactly what you are looking for.

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