%0 Journal Article
%T The COST example for outreach to the general public: I love my Sun
%A Tulunay Yurdanur
%A Bock Crosby Norma
%A Tulunay Ersin
%A Calders Stijn
%J Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate
%D 2013
%I EDP Sciences
%R 10.1051/swsc/2013026
%X It is important to educate children about the important role that the Sun has in their lives. This paper presents an educational outreach tool entitled Ħ°I Love My SunĦħ that has been developed for school children in the approximate age range of 7 through 11 years. The main objective of this tool is to make children aware of space weather, the Sun, Sun-Earth relations and how they, the children, are part of this global picture. Children are given a lecture about the Sun. The lecture is preceded and followed by the children drawing a picture of the Sun. In this paper the background behind the Ħ°I Love My SunĦħ initiative is given and it is described how to perform an Ħ°I Love My SunĦħ. The main results from events in Turkey, Belgium, Ukraine and Serbia are presented.
%K space weather
%K outreach
%K education
%K space environment
%K Sun
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2013026