Learning Exercise
Sunspots
Site allows the students to look up the number of sunspots that occurred on any given day in the last 5 years.
Course: 8th grade Physical Science
- Material:
- Sunspots
- Date last modified:
- June 25, 2006
- Created by:
- Cathi Graves Tudman
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Exercise
1. Students will look up the number of sunspots that occurred on their most recent birthday.
2. Using a Cartesian plane, graph the sunspots, in chronological order, with the students at their table (collaborative work).
3. Using the information in #2, contribute their information to the class graph, by period, so analysis can happen and conclusions drawn over the course of the entire group.
4. Extensions could be to have the students do a graph the number of sunspots that occurred on their birthday over the five years of data available on the above listed site.
2. Using a Cartesian plane, graph the sunspots, in chronological order, with the students at their table (collaborative work).
3. Using the information in #2, contribute their information to the class graph, by period, so analysis can happen and conclusions drawn over the course of the entire group.
4. Extensions could be to have the students do a graph the number of sunspots that occurred on their birthday over the five years of data available on the above listed site.
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Earth in the Soar System (appearance of objects in the solar system)