Sun-Earth Day 2008: Space Weather Around the World
SUN-EARTH DAY HIGHLIGHTS: ASP CONFERENCE
This podcast shares highlights from 2 sessions that took place at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference in Chicago. Several of the programs that were mentioned by presenters and participants are listed below.
Session Title: "Space Weather Around the World: Using educational Technology to engage an Audience and Increase Interest in Science Content".
Participant Amanda Maynard refers to the ‘Adler Night and Day Podcasts’ http://www.adlerpodcast.com/. This bi-weekly podcast features observable celestial and man-made objects in the night sky as well as observed and forecasted solar activity.
Presenter Lou Mayo offers information on Sun-Earth Day’s Amateur Astronomy program http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2008/getinvolved/aa.php . As skilled sky observers and students of astronomy, you can give others a better understanding of the role the sun plays in our existence.
Presenter Elaine Lewis shares highlights from the Sun-Earth Day program and how it continues to increase the public’s interest in science content through the use of educational technology and a sound thematic approach.
- About Sun-Earth Day http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2008/about/faq.php
- Past Sun-Earth Day Themes http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2008/past_days.php
- Sun-Earth Day Multimedia http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2008/multimedia/index.php
Presenter Troy Cline demonstrates how students can quickly track the progress of a solar storm over the internet with the ‘Space Weather Action Center’ http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/swac/.
Session Title: "The Living Astronomy and People of the Mayan World Today".
Presenters Isabel Hawkins and Felipe Tapia provide a glimpse of the living culture of the Mayan people in the Yucatan, where science and astronomy are practiced in a manner that integrates every other aspect of their culture into a native science. During their presentation they made several references to the popular Sun-Earth Day theme, “Ancient Observatories: Timeless Knowledge” http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2005/index.htm . This website features solar alignments with structures that mark the equinoxes and/or solstices.
- Webcasts and Broadcasts http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2005/events/events.htm
- Traditions of the Sun http://www.traditionsofthesun.org/
- Technology Through Time http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2005/locations/chichen_itza.htm
- Image Gallery http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2005/multimedia/gallery.htm
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Space Weather Fact
Earth's climate was seriously chilled during the Maunder Minimum (1645-1715) when no 11-year sunspot cycles were detected.
