Explain the irregular period of transits with paper plates
http://analyzer.depaul.edu/paperplate/Transit%20of%20Venus/transit_frequency.htm

Spacecraft Paper Models
RHESSI (launched in 2002 to study solar flare)
http://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/hessi/hessi_model.pdf

SOHO (launched in 1995 to observe the Sun)
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/5year/papermod.pdf

TRACE (launched in 1998 to image the solar corona)
http://vestige.lmsal.com/TRACE/POD/TRACEpod.html

Solar Cookie
Learn about the Sun using cookies and candies
Designed by Jean Settle of the Solar system Educators Program
scintillatingsun3.pdf (1M)

Solar Eclipse - How can the little moon hide the giant Sun
(Written for classroom teachers but could be modified for a science center)
Explore size and distance
http://www.eyeonthesky.org/lessonplans/12sun_littlemoon.html
Shadows Day & nights
http://eyeonthesky.org/lessonplans/04sun_shadows.html

Solar Music
Listen to the Sun's Song - resonances that echoing inside the Sun
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/singing/singing.html
From Bottle Harmonica and Slinky Vibrations to the Sun's heartbeat
http://www.noao.edu/education/ighelio/solar_music.html