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Magnetic Mysteries: Sun-Earth Interactions Lesson Plan

Red and green streaks of an aurora radiate out from the center of the photo. Black silhouettes of trees line the edge.
Levels
  • Advanced (9-12+)
Material Type
  • Activity/Hands-on
  • Lesson Plan
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • Big Idea 1.2 – The Sun is active…
NGSS
  • ESS1 - Earth's Place in the Universe
Heliophysics Topics
  • Sun
  • Solar System
  • Magnetosphere
  • Aurora
Heliophysics Missions
  • Sounding Rocket
  • ARTEMIS (THEMIS)
  • Voyager
  • Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS)
Material Cost per Learner Free
Language English

A 5E lesson for high school students which allows them to investigate the question of what causes aurora. This investigation will use using Helioviewer to examine solar activity, as well as archival data on planetary K indices (Kp) to investigate the effect of solar activity on our magnetosphere.

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