An engaging tutorial teaches all about the sun. Learners see its different layers, explore the sun using different filters, and read about its different features. They then choose one feature to research and explore further. 

Concepts

the sun, the corona, solar flares, sunspots, electromagnetic energy

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• If scholars do not complete the research and answer questions in class, assign it as homework

Classroom Considerations

• Simulation requires Flash, but if it's not available, there is a link to another version for both PCs and Macs
• Some learners may fly through the tutorial, so teachers may want to add some questions throughout the lesson

Pros

• Tutorial is easy to use
• The manipulations of ways to view the sun in the lesson are engaging

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.9-10.4