Learn Earth and Space Concepts:
• Teach students about the central star in our Solar System.
• Relate concepts to real-world experiences and in-field observations.

The Sunspotter is a portable, wooden telescope that easily aligns to the Sun in seconds. Students can participate in open inquiry activities by investigating the angle of the Sun and comparing the Sun’s surface features hour-to-hour and day-to-day.

NGSS:
HS-ESS1-1 Develop a model based on evidence to illustrate the life span of the sun and the role of nuclear fusion in the sun’s core to release energy that eventually reaches Earth in the form of radiation.
HS-ESS1-4 Use mathematical or computational representations to predict the motion of orbiting objects in the solar system.