What Happens When Solar Weather Reaches Earth by Tom N. Tomas

Levels	Introductory (K-5)
Material Type	Activity/Hands-on Lesson Plan
Heliophysics Big Ideas	Big Idea 1.2 – The Sun is active…
NGSS	ESS2 - Earth's Systems ESS3 - Earth and Human Activity PS2 - Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Heliophysics Topics	Space Weather Aurora Coronal Mass Ejection
Heliophysics Missions	ARTEMIS (THEMIS) Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS)
Material Cost per Learner	Free
Language	English

In this 5E upper elementary lesson, students learn how the Earth and the heliosphere respond to the Sun by studying patterns on Earth that are the result of the Sun’s weather such as CMEs and solar flares.

Learn more at: https://outreach.gi.alaska.edu/nasa-heliophysics/heliophysics/what-happens-when-solar-weather-reaches-earth-tom-n-tomas

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What Happens When Solar Weather Reaches Earth by Tom N. Tomas

In this 5E upper elementary lesson, students learn how the Earth and the heliosphere respond to the Sun by studying patterns on Earth that are the result of the Sun’s weather such as CMEs and solar flares.