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NASA ScienceCasts: Earth’s Magnetosphere

Levels
  • Intermediate (6-8)
  • Advanced (9-12+)
Material Type
  • Film/Documentary/Show
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • Big Idea 1.2 – The Sun is active…
NGSS
  • ESS2 - Earth's Systems
  • PS2 - Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Heliophysics Topics
  • Magnetosphere
  • Space Weather
  • Solar Wind
Heliophysics Missions
  • Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS)
Material Cost per Learner Free
Language English

This ~3.5 minute video explains how Earth's magnetosphere protects us from the fury of the Sun and is essential in allowing Earth to develop into a habitable planet.