As a unique component of LASP’s Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) efforts—and as an accompanying feature to many of our standards-based lessons—we have developed a series of computer interactives. Here is a collection of educational, web-based interactives, arranged by the lessons that they accompany:
Project Spectra!
| This interactive accompanies the Enceladus, I Barely Knew You lesson.
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This interactive accompanies the Marvelous Martian Mineralogy lesson. 
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| Explore the sun with the Features of the Sun interactive.
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This interactive accompanies the Goldilocks and the Three Planets lesson. 
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| This interactive accompanies the Explore Saturn and Titan with Spectral Data lesson.
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This interactive accompanies the Star Light, Star Bright lesson. 
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Explore planetary surface temperature with the Planet Designer Kelvin Climb interactive (for high schoolers).
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Explore planetary surface temperature with the Planet Designer: What’s Trending Hot? interactive (for middle schoolers). 
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Can you modify Mars to support liquid water? Find out with the Planet Designer: Retro Planet Red interactive (for high schoolers).
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Can you modify Mars to support liquid water? Find out with the Planet Designer: Martian Makeover interactive (for middle schoolers). 
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Visit the “Project Spectra!” home page.
Earth’s Atmosphere
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Polar Vortex Interactive: Learn how energetic particles interact with Earth’s magnetic field and contribute to a small amount of ozone destruction. 
Visit the Space Weather Compendium home page. |
Learn about the Earth’s atmosphere by building a high altitude balloon experiment in the Science at 100,000 Feet interactive. 
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The Outer Planets
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The Orbit Simulator lets you follow the motion of the planets and other interplanetary objects around the Sun. 
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Use the Solar Wind Tunnel interactive to explore how the sun affects magnetic fields, comets, and other orbiting bodies.
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Visit the Outer Planets home page.