5.03 Nova Sun Lab 25-26

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5.03 Nova Sun Lab 25-26

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19 questions

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Today you will be using the Nova Sun Lab.

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Today you will be using the Nova Sun Lab.

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Click next to the sunspot estimation practice.

How many groups and how many individual spots do you see?

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Click next.  You will predict the sunspot groups and individual spots 5 more times.

From December 2020 to January 2012, the number of sunspots __________

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Part 2: Storm Prediction

Click on Storm Prediction.

Choose Huge Spots.

The larger the sunspot, the __________ the magnetic field and the __________ its potential for generating solar storms.

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Part 3: Open Investigation

Click Open Investigation

Click Begin

Change the date to today's date

Change the Make an Observation drop down at the top center to Sunspots.

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How many spots do you see? _______ 
How many groups do you see? _______ 

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Change the date to December 3, 2019

How many spots do you see? _______ 
How many groups do you see? _______ 

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Change the date to today's date.

How does solar activity today compare with 2019 and how do you know?

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Today you will be using the Nova Sun Lab.

Today you will be using the Nova Sun Lab.

Part 1: Solar Cycle

Click on Solar Cycle.

What indicates high levels of solar activity and the potential for solar storms?

Very few sunspots

Many sunspots

What two counts are needed to estimate the sunspot number?

The total sunspot area and the sunspot brightness

The Sun’s rotation rate and the number of sunspot groups

The total number of sunspot groups and the total number of individual sunspots

The number of solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs)

Which issue makes counting sunspots and groups challenging?

Sunspots are always invisible to telescopes

Sunspots move too slowly to be counted accurately

It is unclear where one spot or group ends and another begins, and observers may disagree

The number of sunspots never changes

Click next to the sunspot estimation practice.

How many groups and how many individual spots do you see?

Click next.  You will predict the sunspot groups and individual spots 5 more times.

From December 2020 to January 2012, the number of sunspots __________

Click next and observe the graph.

What conclusion could be made about the number of sunspots over time?

It is unusual for the Sun to have any sunspots

The Sun always has the same number of sunspots

The number of sunspots change erratically

The number of sunspots increase and decrease regularly

Part 2: Storm Prediction

Click on Storm Prediction.

Choose Huge Spots.

The larger the sunspot, the __________ the magnetic field and the __________ its potential for generating solar storms.

Click next.

Compare the 2 active regions. Use the arrows to move both images forward or backward in time.

Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Region A (top)

Region B (bottom)

Click Back to Storm Prediction Menu.

Chose Complicated Spots.

Which are more likely to produce flares?

Simple sunspot groups

Complicated sunspot groups

Click next.

Compare the changes in 2 regions. Use the arrows to move both images forward or backward in time.

Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Region A (top)

Region B (bottom)

Click Back to Storm Prediction Menu.

Chose Rapid Growth.

Which is a sign of a strong magnetic field?

Slow sunspot growth

Rapid sunspot growth

Click next.

Compare the 2 regions. Use the arrows to move both images forward or backward in time.

Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Region A (top)

Region B (bottom)

Click Return to Storm Prediction Menu.

Choose Mixed-up Magnetic Fields

What do mixed up magnetic fields indicate?

Decreased potential to produce flares

Increased potential to produce flares

Click next.

Compare the 2 regions. Use the arrows to move both images forward or backward in time.

Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Region A (top)

Region B (bottom)

Click Back to Storm Prediction Menu

Choose Threatening Filaments

Filaments can indicate the strong possibility of a storm.

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False

Click next.

Compare the 2 regions.

Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Region A (top)

Region B (bottom)

Part 3: Open Investigation

Click Open Investigation

Click Begin

Change the date to today's date

Change the Make an Observation drop down at the top center to Sunspots.

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How many spots do you see? _______ 
How many groups do you see? _______ 

Change the date to December 3, 2019

How many spots do you see? _______ 
How many groups do you see? _______ 

Change the date to today's date.

How does solar activity today compare with 2019 and how do you know?

Part 1: Solar Cycle

Click on Solar Cycle.

What indicates high levels of solar activity and the potential for solar storms?

Very few sunspots

Many sunspots

What two counts are needed to estimate the sunspot number?

The total sunspot area and the sunspot brightness

The Sun’s rotation rate and the number of sunspot groups

The total number of sunspot groups and the total number of individual sunspots

The number of solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs)

Which issue makes counting sunspots and groups challenging?

Sunspots are always invisible to telescopes

Sunspots move too slowly to be counted accurately

It is unclear where one spot or group ends and another begins, and observers may disagree

The number of sunspots never changes

Click next and observe the graph.

What conclusion could be made about the number of sunspots over time?

It is unusual for the Sun to have any sunspots

The Sun always has the same number of sunspots

The number of sunspots change erratically

The number of sunspots increase and decrease regularly

Click next.

Compare the 2 active regions.  Use the arrows to move both images forward or backward in time.

Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Region A (top)

Region B (bottom)

Click Back to Storm Prediction Menu.

Chose Complicated Spots.

Which are more likely to produce flares?

Simple sunspot groups

Complicated sunspot groups

Click next.

Compare the changes in 2 regions.  Use the arrows to move both images forward or backward in time.

Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Region A (top)

Region B (bottom)

Click Back to Storm Prediction Menu.

Chose Rapid Growth.

Which is a sign of a strong magnetic field?

Slow sunspot growth

Rapid sunspot growth

Click next.

Compare the 2 regions.  Use the arrows to move both images forward or backward in time.

Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Region A (top)

Region B (bottom)

Click Return to Storm Prediction Menu.

Choose Mixed-up Magnetic Fields

What do mixed up magnetic fields indicate?

Decreased potential to produce flares

Increased potential to produce flares

Click next.

Compare the 2 regions.  Use the arrows to move both images forward or backward in time.

Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Region A (top)

Region B (bottom)

Click Back to Storm Prediction Menu

Choose Threatening Filaments

Filaments can indicate the strong possibility of a storm.

True

False

Click next.

Compare the 2 regions. 

Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Region A (top)

Region B (bottom)

5.03 Nova Sun Lab 25-26

5.03 Nova Sun Lab 25-26

Today you will be using the Nova Sun Lab.

Today you will be using the Nova Sun Lab.

Click next to the sunspot estimation practice.How many groups and how many individual spots do you see?

Change the date to today's date.How does solar activity today compare with 2019 and how do you know?

Today you will be using the Nova Sun Lab.

Today you will be using the Nova Sun Lab.

Part 1: Solar CycleClick on Solar Cycle.What indicates high levels of solar activity and the potential for solar storms?

What two counts are needed to estimate the sunspot number?

Which issue makes counting sunspots and groups challenging?

Click next to the sunspot estimation practice.How many groups and how many individual spots do you see?

Click next and observe the graph.What conclusion could be made about the number of sunspots over time?

Click next.Compare the 2 active regions. Use the arrows to move both images forward or backward in time.Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Click Back to Storm Prediction Menu.Chose Complicated Spots.Which are more likely to produce flares?

Click next.Compare the changes in 2 regions. Use the arrows to move both images forward or backward in time.Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Click Back to Storm Prediction Menu.Chose Rapid Growth.Which is a sign of a strong magnetic field?

Click next.Compare the 2 regions. Use the arrows to move both images forward or backward in time.Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Click Return to Storm Prediction Menu.Choose Mixed-up Magnetic FieldsWhat do mixed up magnetic fields indicate?

Click next.Compare the 2 regions. Use the arrows to move both images forward or backward in time.Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Click Back to Storm Prediction MenuChoose Threatening FilamentsFilaments can indicate the strong possibility of a storm.

Click next.Compare the 2 regions. Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Change the date to today's date.How does solar activity today compare with 2019 and how do you know?

Click next to the sunspot estimation practice.

How many groups and how many individual spots do you see?

Change the date to today's date.

How does solar activity today compare with 2019 and how do you know?

Part 1: Solar Cycle

Click on Solar Cycle.

What indicates high levels of solar activity and the potential for solar storms?

Click next to the sunspot estimation practice.

How many groups and how many individual spots do you see?

Click next and observe the graph.

What conclusion could be made about the number of sunspots over time?

Click next.

Compare the 2 active regions. Use the arrows to move both images forward or backward in time.

Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Click Back to Storm Prediction Menu.

Chose Complicated Spots.

Which are more likely to produce flares?

Click next.

Compare the changes in 2 regions. Use the arrows to move both images forward or backward in time.

Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Click Back to Storm Prediction Menu.

Chose Rapid Growth.

Which is a sign of a strong magnetic field?

Click next.

Compare the 2 regions. Use the arrows to move both images forward or backward in time.

Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Click Return to Storm Prediction Menu.

Choose Mixed-up Magnetic Fields

What do mixed up magnetic fields indicate?

Click next.

Compare the 2 regions. Use the arrows to move both images forward or backward in time.

Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Click Back to Storm Prediction Menu

Choose Threatening Filaments

Filaments can indicate the strong possibility of a storm.

Click next.

Compare the 2 regions.

Which region do you think is most likely to flare?

Change the date to today's date.

How does solar activity today compare with 2019 and how do you know?