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Make and Take Activities

Explore UV Light

This activity demonstrates that different materials will block UV rays to different extends. When proper Sun protection is not used, UV can damage our skin and eyes

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Make a Paper Sun

Make this marbled paper that looks just like our Sun using shaving cream and food coloring.

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Make a Solar Handprint

In this activity, see for yourself how sunscreen can be used to block the Sun's ultraviolet light rays using sunscreen and colored paper.

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Sun Cookies

Use candy pieces and a cookie to make an accurate model of the Sun that you can eat!

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Cereal Box Spectroscope

Make this marbled paper that looks just like our Sun using shaving cream and food coloring.

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Space Weather Monitor

Create a magnetometer to monitor changes in the Earth's magnetic field for signs of magnetic storms and explore how forces can act over a distance with a sticky tape static electricty experiment.

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Other Activities

NASA's Space Place

NASA's Space Place

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Certificate

Send Your Name to the Sun
Certificate Retrieval

If you submitted your name to be included on the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft before launch, you can retrieve a copy of your participation certificate by submitting your email below. Learn more here »

PBS NOVA Labs

The Sun @ PBS NOVA Labs

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Parker Solar Probe Fact Sheet

Parker Solar Probe Fact Sheet

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Parker Solar Probe Informational Printable

Parker Solar Probe Informational Printable

Intended to be printed double-sided on card stock paper. Cut along marked border.

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Parker Solar Probe Decal

Parker Solar Probe Decal

Intended to be printed double-sided on sticker paper. Second page intended for printing on peel off back of sticker. Cut along marked border.

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Parker Solar Probe Vertical Poster Printable

Parker Solar Probe Vertical Poster Printable

Intended to be printed as a 31.5"wide x 86.6"tall banner.

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Citizen Science

Citizen Science

NASA has collected a number of these citizen science programs. There are programs at every level from the most basic observations to publishable research opportunities in partnership with NASA and university scientists. Each project will offer a certificate of completion signed by NASA. So, join us and experience the excitement of learning, and making real discoveries!

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Aurorasaurus

This is a project that gathers real-time data about aurora sightings and sends out notifications to users when the Northern Lights are likely visible in their area. Aurorasaurus will significantly improve forecasting of the aurora using citizen science reports and crowd-sourced (Twitter) ground truth observations of aurora.

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Citizen CATE

Citizen CATE

The Citizen Continental-America Telescopic Eclipse (CATE) Experiment will use more than 60 identical telescopes equipped with digital cameras positioned from Oregon to South Carolina to image the solar corona. The project will then splice these images together to show the corona during a 90-minute period, revealing for the first time the plasma dynamics of the inner solar corona.

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NASA's Eyes on the Eclipse Screenshot

Solar Science in the Classroom

NASA's resources to learn more about the Sun.

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Hot Shots

Hot Shot Video: Top Deck Cooling System Installation

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Integration and Testing

The primary structure arrived with a week of contamination inspection and preparations continue for the propulsion system thermal vacuum verification testing.

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