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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Galileo's Battle for the Heavens

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the nature of sunspot cycles and define solar minimums and maximums.  In this sunspot lesson plan students construct and evaluate graphs of the current sunspot cycle.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Sunspot Cycle-Endings and Beginnings

For Students 7th - 10th
In this sunspot cycle worksheet, students use a graph of the sunspot numbers from January of 1994 to January of 2008. Students solve 8 problems using the data in the graph to determine the maximum occurrence of sunspots, the minimum...