Multimedia lectures "Life of the Earth in the Solar Atmosphere"

The main task of the multimedia lectures "Life of the Earth in the Solar Atmosphere" is to introduce wide range of users to the basic physical characteristics of the Earth, the near-Earth space and the Sun, which mainly forms the properties of the mentioned objects and is responsible for their variations (so-called "space weather").

The way of material distributed will provide three levels of education: elementary (entertaining) level for high school students; middle (general education) for amateurs and promoted level for the students specialized in natural sciences and physics.

Plan of the lectures

1.	The Earth
	1.	The Earth in the space.
	2.	The main parameters (mass, size, movement).
	3.	Interior structure.
	4.	The magnetic field of the Earth and its origin.
	5.	Structure of the atmosphere.
	6.	Troposphere and stratosphere.
	7.	Middle atmosphere of the Earth.
	8.	Ozonosphere.
	9.	Ionosphere.
	10.	Upper atmosphere.
	11.	Radiation belts.
	12.	Magnetosphere.
	13.	Radiowaves' passing and spreading in the Earth atmosphere.
	14.	Space radiation passing through the Earth atmosphere.
	15.	Energetic balance of the atmosphere.
	16.	Ecological role of the Sun for safeguarding of the life on the Earth.

2.	The Sun
	1.	Parameters of the Sun (mass, luminarity, radius).
	2.	Electromagnetic radiation of the Sun.
	3.	Corpuscular radiation of the Sun.
	4.	Structure of the Sun.
	5.	Sources of the Sun's energy.
	6.	Solar activity.
	7.	Cyclicity of solar activite and its prediction.

3.	Solar-terrestrial connections
	1.	Solar heliosphere and the Earth magnetosphere.
	2.	Influence of solar activity on geophysical phenomena.
	3.	Magnetic storms.
	4.	Aurora borealis.
	5.	The Sun, weather and climate.
	6.	Biological influence of solar activity.

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