Examines the solar maximum cycle that occurred in the year 2000. Describes the characteristics of sunspots, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections, using video, photographs, news reports, and similar resources.

Concepts

coronal mass ejections, solar flares, sunspots

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Additional Tags

solar cycles, solar max, solar maximum, sun, exploratorium

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)