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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dancing Lights

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars view artwork and navigate the Internet, and read books to learn about the Aurora Borealis.  In this Northern Lights lesson, students complete a KWL and separate the facts from the myths about the Northern lights. Young...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Aurora Borealis

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Aurora Borealis worksheet, students read about how early scientists used triangulation to measure the height of the Aurora Borealis. Students solve 3 problems using triangulation.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Magnetic Energy

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this magnetic energy worksheet, students are given the formula to calculate the magnetic energy of an object. They use the formula to solve for the magnetic energy of the Earth, a geotail, the Sun, and a solar prominence given their...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Is an Aurora?

For Students 9th - 10th
Why do we see those stunning lights in the northern- and southernmost portions of the night sky? Michael Molina explains every step of the dazzling phenomenon of the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis. [4:10]
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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.