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Description
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Grade
Level
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| NASA's Space Math Page |
This web page contains problem sets for the Weekly Space Science Problem program. The goal of these problems is to teach students about space weather by using mathematics.
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Varies from 5-11 |
| Exploring Magnetism Lesson Series |
This teacher's guide for grades 6-9 contains engaging hands-on activities that teach fundamental concepts of magnetism and electromagnetism. This guide has been selected as an exemplary material by a NASA panel review and serves as the basis for a series of guides about magnetism in space science.
HTML Version
PDF Files |
6-9 |
| Dawn
of the North: A Tutorial on the Aurora |
This
auroral tutorial provides a basic explanation of how the
aurora or northern lights are made. |
10-12 |
| Television
in the Sky: An Aurora and Cathode Ray Tube Analogy |
This
web-based lesson compares how auroral light produced on the
Earth's atmospheric screen is similar to the images produced
on the screen of a television or computer monitor's Cathode
Ray Tube. |
10-12 |
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Solar Wind and Magnetosphere Interaction Lab: A Cereal
Analogy* *contains
downloadable pdf files |
This open-ended laboratory
activity is useful in demonstrating how solar wind particles
are deflected by the Earth's magnetosphere and how charged
particles are aligned within it. It is recommended that
the activity be followed up with student presentations and a
lab report. |
5-8,
9-12 |
