November 6, 2020
SSEC Science Curriculum Developer Dr. Sarah Glassman and Digital Producer Ryan Seymour co-authored in a new article for Science and Children, a journal by the National Science Teaching Association. The article, “Virtual Sungazing”, explains how first graders use 360-degree photographs to view the Sun's apparent daily pattern of motion across the sky. Activities from the Smithsonian Science for the ClassroomTM module, How Can We Predict When the Sky is Dark? and Smithsonian Science Education Center’s free simulation, Sunlight on the National Mall, were both featured in the article.
Read more about the article here: https://ssec.si.edu/virtual-sungazing