ESCOLA SECUNDRIA DE MIRAFLORES Physics And Chemistry 7th grade

Teacher: Paula Furtado

Title: Does the Sun rotate?

Description: Everyday we observe the apparent motion of the Sun,

which we know it is a consequence of the Earths rotation movement,
but how can we know if the Sun has a rotation movement as well?
Galileo was the first to conclude that the Sun rotates, through the
indirect observation of the sunspots. How can children become Galileo
during their classes?

Keywords: Sun, sunspots, rotation

Educational Data
Types of learning resources (Inquiry-Based Teaching, Project Based
Learning, exercise, experiment, simulation)
Ages:12 years old

Inquiry Steps
1 The students observe the Suns photosphere through the
telescope.

2 They register the existence of sunspots.

3 However, how can they observe the sunspots throughout a week
without a telescope? They can do some web research

They can use Nasas website SOHO http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov to

search for pictures along the week which will substitute the
observations

4 They use the software Salsa J

http://www.euhou.net/index.php/salsaj-software-mainmenu
9/download-mainmenu-10 to gather the pictures and make a shortvideo that will show the Suns rotation