NOVA: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens - Sunspot Cycle Classroom Activity

Detail Page «

Website Detail Page

edited by Lauren Aguirre

In this classroom activity appropriate for grades 6-9, students interpret a graph that represents the sunspot cycle from 1900 to 1990. By studying patterns in the graph, they will then construct their own updated graphs to represent sunspots occurring from 1995 to 2003. This lesson integrates Galileo's studies of the sunspot cycle.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/activities/2912_galileo.htm...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Astronomy - Historical Astronomy - The Sun	- Middle School - Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Laboratory

Appropriate Courses	Categories	Ratings
- Physical Science - Physics First	- Lesson Plan - New teachers	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Safety Warnings

Intended Users:: Learner
Educator
Formats:: text/html
application/pdf
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2004 WGBH Educational Foundation
Keywords:: activity, lab, observation, solar, sun, sunspots
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created January 30, 2004 by Patricia Monahan
Record Updated:: September 20, 2012 by Lyle Barbato
Other Collections:: The Astronomy Center

Post a new comment on this item

ComPADRE is beta testing Citation Styles!

Record Link

<a href="http://www.thephysicsfront.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=906">Aguirre, Lauren , ed. NOVA: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens - Sunspot Cycle Classroom Activity. 2004.</a>

AIP Format

NOVA: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens - Sunspot Cycle Classroom Activity, edited by L. Aguirre (2004), WWW Document, (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/activities/2912_galileo.html).

AJP/PRST-PER

NOVA: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens - Sunspot Cycle Classroom Activity, edited by L. Aguirre (2004), <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/activities/2912_galileo.html>.

APA Format

Aguirre, L. (Ed.). (2004). NOVA: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens - Sunspot Cycle Classroom Activity. Retrieved May 19, 2013, from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/activities/2912_galileo.html

Chicago Format

Aguirre, Lauren , ed. NOVA: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens - Sunspot Cycle Classroom Activity. 2004. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/activities/2912_galileo.html (accessed 19 May 2013).

MLA Format

Aguirre, Lauren , ed. NOVA: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens - Sunspot Cycle Classroom Activity. 2004. 19 May 2013 <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/activities/2912_galileo.html>.

BibTeX Export Format

@misc{ Title = {NOVA: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens - Sunspot Cycle Classroom Activity}, Volume = {2013}, Number = {19 May 2013}, Year = {2004} }

Refer Export Format

%A Lauren Aguirre, (ed)
%T NOVA: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens - Sunspot Cycle Classroom Activity
%D 2004
%U http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/activities/2912_galileo.html
%O text/html

EndNote Export Format

%0 Electronic Source
%D 2004
%T NOVA: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens - Sunspot Cycle Classroom Activity
%E Aguirre, Lauren
%V 2013
%N 19 May 2013
%9 text/html
%U http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/activities/2912_galileo.html

Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.

Citation Source Information

The AIP Style presented is based on information from the AIP Style Manual.

The APA Style presented is based on information from APA Style.org: Electronic References.

The Chicago Style presented is based on information from Examples of Chicago-Style Documentation.

The MLA Style presented is based on information from the MLA FAQ.