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Sun-Earth Day Resources |
Sun-Earth Day is a national celebration of the Sun, the space around the Earth (geospace), and how these things affect life on our planet. Celebrations will take place on March 20, 2002.
Please see the links below for more information on how to participate in Sun-Earth Day. Also, enjoy Sun-Earth web pages of further reading, classroom activities, Flip Books,
FAQ's and GAMES!
This image shows views of the Sun and the Earth at two different time periods in history. Going from left to right, top to bottom, you see the Sun as depicted by the Anasazi ~1000 A.D., the Sun as seen from a satellite ~2000 A.D., the Earth as the Islam people saw it ~1000 A.D., the Earth taken from Apollo 11 ~2000 A.D. A lot can change in a thousand years!
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Sun-Earth Web Resources (Further Reading...)
ACE Mission UpdateAll about the EarthAll about the SunThe AuroraThe Earth's AtmosphereThe Earth's MagnetosphereEarth Space Missions
Mythology about the EarthSolar ActivitySolar MissionsSolar MythologySolar NewsSpace Physics and Aeronomy Research CollaboratorySpaceweather.comSpace Weather TodayStanford Solar CenterSun Earth Connection Education ForumSunspots and the Solar CycleThe Sunspot SiteUlysses Mission UpdateSun-Earth Web Resources (Real-time Data and Images...)
Earth Image Archive
LASCO/EIT Real-Time Movies of the SunLatest 48 hours of Solar Wind Data - Live from College ParkReal-Time Auroral DataReal-Time Solar ImagesReal-Time Solar Wind DataReal-Time Solar Wind Monitoring by the ACE SpacecraftSolar Image ArchiveSun-Earth Flip Books
Aurora Flip Book Spectacular northern lights on July 14, 2000Aurora Oval Flip Book See the auroral oval brighten and then dim again...CME Flip Book A coronal mass ejection for the July 14, 2000 storm!Another CME Flip Book Triple threat coronal mass ejection!Solar Eruption Flip Book A powerful prominence from 1999!Solar Flare Flip Book Make a flipbook of one of the brightest flares of the decade!Sun-Earth Games
Color the EarthColor the SunSolar ConcentrationSolar Word SearchSun-Earth Flip BooksSun and Earth Adlib StoriesWeather Crossword PuzzleSun FAQ's
Fun with the SunSun QuickiesEarth FAQ's
Extraordinary EarthEarth QuickiesSun & Earth Classroom Activities
Auroras Comparison Activities for the Sun Create a Tornado Create Your Own Cloud Create Your Own Fog Create Your Own Lightning Create Your Own Thermometer Graphing Sunspot Cycles The Hidden Picture Latent Heat and Clouds Let's Take a Rock Apart! Lunar Lollipops The Magnetometer Make it Rain! Mechanical Weathering Lab Observing the Sun Pangaea Puzzle Paper Magnetosphere Par 5 Plotting Sunspot Activity Shadows... The Singing Sun Solar Events Spectral Surprise Sun-Earth Flip Books Sun and Weather Tracking an Active Sunspot Region Tetrahedron Model Thunder and Lightning Watch the Sky Weather and Careers Exercise 
Last modified March 22, 2002 by the Windows Team
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