Explore Magnets Activity
Photo by Gunjan Sinha, acquired on May 11, 2024, from near Saskatoon in Saskatchewan, Canada.
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| Material Type |
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| Heliophysics Big Ideas |
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| NGSS |
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| Heliophysics Topics |
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| Heliophysics Missions |
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| Material Cost per Learner | Free |
| Language | English |
In this activity, learners explore how magnetism is connected to the aurora, and how magnetic field lines become unstable, snap like rubber bands, and crash into gases in the atmosphere. The Earth acts a giant magnet, and energy from the Sun combines with the Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere to produce the auroras.