Auroras! online activity
Directions: Read the questions first.
Use the online book Auroras! Mysterious Lights In The Sky to respond to the questions. Click on the link to begin the activity. Click on the postcard. worksheet pdf

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1. What are the two names for the mysterious lights in the night sky?

2. What causes the lights?

3. Who studies auroras?

What tools do they use?

Facts:

4. Write two synonyms for auroras.

5. When can you see an aurora?

6. If you lived in Australia, you would see: Northern lights or Southern lights?

7. What does the magnetosphere do?

8. Electrons make atoms of different elements glow in different colors. Name the two elements and the colors they glow.

9. The Northern Lights are also called the

10. Solve this MathMastery.com question:

How many hours will it take for the solar wind to travel from the sun to the earth?

Mathematics Helper - Distance formula Intro: d = rt video

Watch an Aurora Movie

Alaskan students study the aurora.

10. Off line - Have you ever seen an aurora? How many times?

Where would go to see an aurora?

Extras:

Earth Sun viewer from NASA | NASA Sun-Earth Connection | Aurora Page | Auroras - Paintings in the sky

Exploring Space Science Mathematics | Aurora in Finland | Explore a science subject Science Close Up

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Aligned with Pennsylvania Academic Standards Science and Technology, Careers, Reading, Writing