AEOE
SOLAR PRESENTATION

MATERIALS

• Sundial (homemade)
• Water heater (homemade)
• Sun Ovens

Available from Sun Ovens International (www.sunoven.com) for $189

• Indoor presentation
• Scale of the Sun presentation

(various hoops, balls, marbles, and BBs)

• The Dynamic Sun CD-ROM Version 5

(available for $6 from www.nascom.nasa.gov - click on Classroom under Resources; click on Educational CDs under Educational Materials)

• Sun Rap
• Telescope viewing
• Telescope for viewing sun spots

We use Type 2+ filters from Thousand Oaks Optical (www.thousandoaksoptical.com)

• Telescope for viewing solar surface/prominences

You need special filters that focus on particular emission lines; most focus on the hydrogen-a line. 
We use an off-axis pre-filter with a T-Scanner or ATM-type hydrogen-a filter from DayStar Corp.  These unfortunately cost thousands of dollars.  There is a relatively inexpensive ($500) solar telescope called the Personal Solar Telescope sold by Coronado (www.coronadofilters.com)

• Solar Toys
• Solar-powered cars
• Photon Solar Racer

Available from various sources for about $24.95

• Seibun Solar Space Explorer Kit

Available from various sources for about $28.95

• Magnifying lenses/Prisms
• Solar Viewers

Available from Thousand Oaks Optical (www.thousandoaksoptical.com) for $1.50 each in bulk quantities 

• Misc
• Solar radio
• Sunspotter

A projection device that makes for safe solar viewing; available from Learning Technologies Inc. (www.starlab.com/ltiprod.html) for $350

• Sun Sizer (homemade box with a pinhole to measure the size of the Sun’s diameter)
• Solar-powered fan (fan with 12V plug, solar panel of the appropriate voltage)