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Space Weather by Raphael Lucas

Animation of a South Pole aurora
A South Pole aurora caused by a coronal mass ejection was captured by IMAGE in the fall of 2003. (
Levels
  • Intermediate (6-8)
Material Type
  • Activity/Hands-on
  • Lesson Plan
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • Big Idea 3.1 – The Sun is made of churning plasma…
NGSS
  • ESS1 - Earth's Place in the Universe
  • PS2 - Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Heliophysics Topics
  • Climate Change
  • Space Weather
  • Sun
  • Sunspot
  • Solar Wind
Heliophysics Missions
  • Parker Solar Probe
  • Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
  • Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
Material Cost per Learner Free
Language English

In this 5E middle school lesson, students describe the impacts of space weather on Earth’s climate, research phenomena associated with space weather, and compare solar cycles.

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