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Website
Other

Weekly Wire: Northern Lights

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an article about Nordic folk music and its growing popularity. It profiles two groups called Frifot and Sorten Mud.
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Unit Plan
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Anders Celsius

For Students 9th - 10th
Anders Celsius is most familiar as the inventor of the temperature scale that bears his name. The Swedish astronomer, however, also is notable as the first person to make a connection between the radiant atmospheric phenomenon known as...
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Interactive
PBS

Nova: Gallery of Auroras

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what causes the aurora borealis. You can view some interesting photographs of the aurora in action.
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Graphic
Other

Twan: Passion

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a stunning photograph of the aurora borealis over Alaska.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Facts About the Thermosphere

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn facts about the thermosphere, one of the five layers of the atmosphere.
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Graphic
Other

Twan: Messengers From the Sun

For Students 9th - 10th
An incredible photograph of the aurora borealis with some fascinating information as to its origins are presented in this site.
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Graphic
University of Wisconsin

The Aurora Page Photographs by Jan Curtis

For Students 9th - 10th
Nine pages of images, four to six to a page, showcase the magnificence of the Northern Lights.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Northern Lights by Gilbert Parker

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the novel Northern Lights by Gilbert Parker. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Image Science Center: Ask the Space Scientist Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from NASA contains a collection of 91 questions pertaining to the Earth's atmosphere, magnetic field, ionosphere, rotation and origin of life.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Heliophysics: New Science of the Sun Solar System Connection

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA lists common and uncommon misconceptions about Sun-Earth Science. Site also provides links to activities and lesson plans as well as background reading.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Aurora With Orion in the Winter Sky

For Students 9th - 10th
Six different questions are addressed by this resource. The questions address everything you might need to know from what they look like to what causes them.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Northern Lights

For Students 3rd - 8th
Northern Lights
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Graphic
Curated OER

Northern Lights

For Students 3rd - 8th
Northern Lights
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Graphic
Curated OER

Northern Lights

For Students 3rd - 8th
Northern Lights
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights

For Students 9th - 10th
The aurora borealis (also known as the northern lights) is a spectacular light display that can be seen at night in regions near the North Pole (auroras can also be seen near the South Pole). Auroras occur because of charged particles...