Sun|trek is an educational website about the Sun, our star, and its effect on the Earth's environment. It has been produced by a team of solar research scientists, working with teachers and educators. It is closely linked to the UK school curriculum Sun|trek have produced projects for schools, at Key Stage 4, using real solar data. These Sun|trek projects have been produced by Helen Mason, University of Cambridge, and Miriam Chaplin, Educational Consultant. The remaining Sun|trek resources were produced by Mike Cripps for Key Stage 3 and 4.
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Solar Images and Data
This resource contains three activities and accompanying teachers’ notes.
Picking out the details
Using images from the...
Space Weather Effects
This resource contains two activities and accompanying teachers’ notes.
Effect on a solar telescope
Using images from...
Spectra
This resource contains two activities and accompanying teachers’ notes.
Spectra: A tale of two elements
Students must...
Earth Sun Moon Distances
Basketball Earth
This resource uses a basketball as the Earth to set up a scale model to the distance to the Moon, satellites and distances such as the thickness of the...
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| Subject(s) | Mathematics, Science, Physics, Practical work, Outside the classroom, Demonstrations, Chemistry |
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| Age | 11-14, 14-16 |
| Published | 2010 to 2019 |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cx5y3 |
