http://www.teachengineering.org/view_lesson.php?url=collection/cub_/lessons/cub_solar/cub_solar_lesson02.xmllessontext/xmlIntegrated Teaching and Learning Program, EnergySunsolarsolar systemConvection zoneCorona Coronal mass ejection (CME)EngineerGeomagnetic stormMegatonRadiation zoneSolar flareSunspot

Students are introduced to our Sun as they explore its composition, what is happening inside it, its relationship to our planet (our energy source), and the ways engineers help us learn about it.

Most of what we know about the Sun has come from telescopes and satellites that were designed by engineers. Aerospace engineers design, create, install and test systems for space-bound equipment and ships such as special telescopes that can look directly at the Sun. Aerospace engineers are not the only engineers who work in the space field; many other types of engineers also design and create spacecraft components, electronics, computer programs, life support systems as well as amazing telescopes.Make the connection between the energy we use on Earth and energy from the Sun.List at least three different layers of the Sun.Describe how engineers help us learn about the Sun.20TeachEngineering.orgJessica ToddGeoffrey HillJessica ButterfieldDenise W. Carlsonhttp://www.naic.edu/index.htmCouper, Heather and Nigel Henbest. How the Universe Works. London, UK: Dorling Kindersley Limited, 1994.http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos035.htmhttp://www.fe.doe.gov/education/http://science.nasa.gov/ssl/pad/solar/cmes.htmhttp://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/sftheory/index.htmlKagen, S. Cooperative Learning. San Juan Capistrano, CA: Kagan Cooperative Learning, 1994. (Source for Numbered Heads assessment activity)Mission Control: Living with a Star. Last updated March 18, 2006. SDO Education and Public Outreach Website, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA. Accessed January 22, 2007. Previously found at http://sdoepo.gsfc.nasa.gov/mission/lws.shtmlhttp://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/sun_worldbook.htmlhttp://nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/st5/SCIENCE/sun.htmlS11416CEInternational_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyD. Tools, materials, and skills are used to make things and carry out tasks. 35S11416DAInternational_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyC. Various relationships exist between technology and other fields of study.35S1142599ColoradoSciencea. Gather, analyze, and interpret data about components of the solar system 44S114259AColoradoScienceb. Utilize direct and indirect evidence to investigate the components of the solar system 44United StatesCopyright 2012 - Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulderhttp://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2011-09-084Teacher