E NASA Educator Resource Center Network Presents Earth in the Environment of the Sun Heliophysics: The Ultimate Border Control
ERC NASA Educator Resource Center Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Stacy DeVeau, Director NASA Educator Resource Center (ERC) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University For Technical Support Call
Accessing NASA Education Resources NASA Missions Exploring: Earth’s Atmosphere Magnetic Fields Sun-Earth Connections Boundaries within and the Boundary of Our Solar System Related Classroom Activities Evaluation Agenda
NASA Education Resources are Available… Online Available from C.O.R.E. In ERCs
Earth in the Environment of the Sun Heliophysics: The Ultimate Border Control Heliophysics - T he study of the region of space that the sun influences, also known as the heliosphere, and the objects that interact with it: Planetary Atmospheres Magnetospheres Solar Wind Interstellar Medium
Air : Space = 1 : 30,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms per cubic cm!
The Solar Environment
Our Solar System?
Our SOLAR System?…
Our SOLAR SYSTEM! Heliosheath Heliosphere
Missions
Aeronomy of Ice in the Atmosphere
NLCs or PMCs Aeronomy of Ice in the Atmosphere
Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics and Dynamics
MMS Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission
Solar Magnetic Reconnection
Geo Magnetic Reconnection
THEMIS Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms
Current Disruptionvs.Magnetic Reconnection 0 sec. Current Disruption0 sec. Magnetic Reconnection 30 sec.Auroral Disruption90 sec.Current Disruption 60 sec.Magnetic Reconnection120 sec. Auroral Disruption
HESSI High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager
IBEX Interstellar Boundary Explorer
This Just In…
What Does it Mean?
Classroom Activities Atmosphere Layers of the Atmosphere Clouds and Cloud Formation Magnetosphere Mapping Magnetic Fields Heliosphere A Heliospheric Model
Next Workshop: Exploring Microgravity Sat. January 30, 2010, 9:00-10:30 a.m. MST. What could be more exciting and fun than floating around in microgravity? Learn about the science and mathematics of microgravity, discover related classroom activities and materials, and learn about student experiments that have flown on NASA’s Reduced Gravity Aircraft. Presented by: Jim Christensen, Iowa ERC