Science Education Standards:

Short Description: This investigation provides an opportunity for the learner to access some real-time Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft data. The ACE/SWEPAM data plots they will they will access will be used to determine temperature and radial speed for the solar wind. In addition, the learner will use a variety of information about the ACE spacecraft to solve sample physics problems dealing with conversion factors, kinematics, mass/weight, momentum, and work/power/energy. In the investigation, the learner is provided with the appropriate physics equations and conversion factors and is asked to solve the problems.