NASA PUNCH Outreach products celebrate diverse views of our sun, eclipsed or not.

The NASA PUNCH mission has developed a suite of Sun-related STEM learning activities in preparation for the 2023 and 2024 solar eclipses. These activities align with an Ancient and Modern Sun-watching theme and are designed for physics and astronomy teaching beyond the eclipses. The PUNCH Outreach team collaborates with various groups, including Native American youth and families, Spanish translators, blind learners, and Girl Scouts, to create arts-integrated, multicultural, and multisensory STEM activities. One of their signature products is the 3-Hole-PUNCH Pinhole Projector, which allows viewers to see the shapes of light formed by sunlight passing through different holes. The team also offers a tabletop demo and downloadable PowerPoint presentations to further explore pinhole imaging. Additionally, the team has documented a petroglyph in Chaco Canyon that may depict a solar eclipse from 1097, and they have created tactile-art representations of the solar corona for blind and sighted individuals. The PUNCH Outreach activities are part of the NASA Heliophysics Big Year celebration, which includes events such as the 2024 total solar eclipse and the 2025 launch of the PUNCH mission. The goal of these outreach products is to connect people with the Sun and increase understanding and appreciation for this extraordinary star. [Extracted from the article]