There is much to discover about the Sun. Yet because the sun
is taken for granted, it is almost un-noticed. Even a first grader,
like Nathaniel (left),
can make discoveries that most people are un-aware of, like the fact
that the sun spins. Discover for yourself!
Discovering the Sun is much easier if you have a Sun Tracking Telescope
and some work sheets. A Sun Tracking Telescope costs about $50 in
parts, requires a good pair of binoculars and
takes about 8 hours of wood working.
Work sheets are needed for students to make daily records of the motion
of Sun Spots. Sun Spots are the key to first discoveries about the Sun.
The work sheet shows the size of the planets compared to the size of
the Sun, along with the size of the moon and the orbit of the moon around
the Earth.
The work sheets come in several sizes, for different magnifications of the telescope system.
The image at left was made by photographing the projection of the
Sun from the STT. The Adobe Illustrator was used to crop the image
and adjust the contrast to show the spots better.
The small image of the Earth indicates the relative size of the Sun Spots
compared to the Earth.
(Obviously the Earth image was not taken using the STT).