Have you ever wanted to visit the sun? While that's not an option given the temperatures involved, use a SciShow Space video to learn about the probe headed to the sun to help people understand a few things that confuse scientists. The video introduces a planet hotter than any other ever discovered and describes how scientists measure the temperature of newly discovered planets and stars.

Concepts

the sun, solar wind, nasa, planets

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Learn about the progress of the Parker Solar Probe, which launched in 2018
• Learn more about Eugene Parker, the first living scientist NASA has ever named something after

Classroom Considerations

• Relies on knowledge of the sun and planets outside the solar system

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Shares high quality photos from NASA and other space agencies
• Requires very little class time

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4