For additional information as well as fascinating real-time solar images, the following websites will provide extensive material for teachers and students.

PRIMER ON THE SOLAR SPACE ENVIRONMENT

This is a great background information resource for a general overview of the Sun-Earth Connection.

            http://www.sec.noaa.gov/primer/primer.html

IMAGINE THE UNIVERSE
Looking for information, activities, lesson plans, this webpage has it all.

            http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/

SPACE DAY ACTIVITIES
For  language arts activities, the webpage provides lessons plans for teaching with stories and symbols.

            http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/education/activities/index.htm

THURSDAY'S CLASSROOM
This webpage is continuously updated to provide teachers with interesting classroom activities.

           http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com

SUNSPOTS
For additional background information about Sunspots and how to use models to explain sun phenomena link to this page.

          http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/sechtml/litho2.html

OUR VERY OWN STAR: THE SUN
You can print an entire booklet about the Sun. This weblink used Adobe PDF format.  You can use the link to download Adobe PDF.  Then just print the booklet for yourself.

          http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov

THE SUN: A PICTORIAL INTRODUCTION
This excellent website is a slide show of Solar Images and written explanations.  This is a good place to find interesting pictures of the sun and short definitions of solar activity.

          http://www.hao.ucar.edu/public/slides/slides.html

MECHANICS OF SOLAR ECLIPSES
This website gives a complete description of Solar Eclipses: Total, Partial and Annular.  You can also link to Lunar Eclipses.

            http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/why_solar.html