Touching the Sun With Solar Stones
In collaboration with NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission and the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, Creative Technology and Design students at the ATLAS Institute at University of Colorado Boulder have developed tactile representations of what many scholars believe to be the earliest known record of solar observations. Titled “Solar Stones,” the exhibit displays two famous petroglyphs, or rock carvings, found in Chaco Culture National Historical Park located in northwestern New Mexico. In this video, the student creators describe the inspiration for the “Solar Stones” project and explain the design and construction process.
Media Details
Runtime: 2 minutes 22 seconds
- Topic: Blind Life, Education, Science
- Subtopic: Astronomy, Blind - General, General Education, Space Sciences
- Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
- Release Year: 2024
- Producer/Distributor: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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