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1 E NASA Educator Resource Center Network Presents Earth in the Environment of the Sun Heliophysics: The Ultimate Border Control

2 ERC NASA Educator Resource Center Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Stacy DeVeau, Director NASA Educator Resource Center (ERC) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University deveaus@erau.edu 928-777-6281 For Technical Support Call 1-888-617-7499

3 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

4 NASA Education Resources are Available… Online Available from C.O.R.E. In ERCs

5 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

6 Air : Space = 1 : 30,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms per cubic cm!

7 The Solar Environment

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9 Our Solar System?

10 Our SOLAR System?…

11 Our SOLAR SYSTEM! Heliosheath Heliosphere

12 Missions

13 Aeronomy of Ice in the Atmosphere

14 NLCs or PMCs Aeronomy of Ice in the Atmosphere

15 Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics and Dynamics

16 MMS Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission

17 Solar Magnetic Reconnection

18 Geo Magnetic Reconnection

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20 THEMIS Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms

21 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

22 HESSI High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager

23 IBEX Interstellar Boundary Explorer

24 This Just In…

25 What Does it Mean?

26 Classroom Activities Atmosphere Layers of the Atmosphere Clouds and Cloud Formation Magnetosphere Mapping Magnetic Fields Heliosphere A Heliospheric Model

27 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


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