On March 20, the Spring Equinox, NASA invites a worldwide audience to observe Sun-Earth Day. Among the events planned is a webcast at 1:00 p.m. EST, featuring a panel of scientists, students monitoring the sun, and images and visualizations.  

With the theme Our Sun, Yours to Discover, the NASA Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum hopes to engage K-12 schools and the general public in space science activities, demonstrations and interactions with space scientists.

Prior to the one-day event, Solar Week, March 9-13, will provide a series of web-based classroom activities and games geared for upper-elementary, middle and high school students. Initiated in 2000 as a means of encouraging girls in the sciences, one of Solar Week’s special strengths is a role-model approach, expressed through online interaction between all students and leading women solar scientists

 The Solar Week web site will have an interactive message board where classrooms can pose questions to solar scientists.