Presented by Deborah Valdivia-Zwolinski, Lynn Kelsh, Krista Davis, Dwayne Humphrey NASA Heliophysics Educator Ambassador’s

Audience – Middle School Science Teachers Presentation Length – 2 hours Location – District and State workshops Topic – Shields that protect Earth

Goals Middle school science teachers will gain a better understanding of how the sun affects the Earth’s Magnetosphere and Heliosphere Middle school science teachers will be able to implement hands-on activities related to the magnetosphere and Heliosphere in the classroom (State frameworks).

Activities Welcome /Review of Goals K-W-L Magnetosphere and Heliosphere PowerPoint presentation – News Flash – Video Cosmic Collisions [Sun’s Powerful Energy] – Demonstration Heliosphere (lithograph/milk) – IBEX website

Activities Hands-on Activities (Stations) – Electromagnetic spectrum – Rocket balloon – UV beads – Cow magnets mapping/in a bottle – IBEX toss Resources – Web links

Activities Evaluations – Conference – HEA workshop Questionnaire

Presented by Deborah Valdivia-Zwolinski, Lynn Kelsh, Krista Davis, Dwayne Humphrey NASA Heliophysics Educator Ambassador’s

Welcome Agenda Brief bio of self Participants introduce themselves

K-W-L (share and discuss) K - What you know about shields that protect the Earth W - What you want to know about shields that protect the Earth L - What you learned about shields that protect the Earth

Goals Middle school science teachers will gain a better understanding of how the sun affects the Earth’s Magnetosphere and Heliosphere Middle school science teachers will be able to implement hands-on activities related to the magnetosphere and Heliosphere in the classroom (State frameworks).

Shields that Protect the Earth Magnetosphere Heliosphere

Cosmic Collisions Mystery “News Flash” Insert Video “The Suns Powerful Energy” (2 minutes) Electromagnetic Spectrum Rocket Balloon graphing

Hands on Activities Magnetosphere (Stations) Holy Cow UV beads

Debrief Resources Key Concepts