Photon

PHOTON will be reaching out this semester to help spread the joy of science to students in the Boston area. In coordination with education head Dr. Nicholas Gross of the BU Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling (CISM), PHOTON will be developing a program for middle schoolers that will explain some properties of the Sun and have them measure the speed of the mass that’s constantly being ejected from the Sun.

Our not so final powerpoint presentation can be downloaded here. (Updated: 21 March 2008)

And introductory powerpoint from Dr. Gross can be downloaded here.

To find out more about the Sun and how we’re learning about it, check out these helpful solar sites:
SOHO: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
STEREO: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Stanford Solar-Center: http://solar-center.stanford.edu/
SID home page: http://solar-center.stanford.edu/SID/
CISM Home Page: http://www.bu.edu/cism/
Windows to the Universe: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
Exploritorium: http://www.exploratorium.edu/spaceweather/index.html
SWPC: http://sec.noaa.gov/