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Exploring the Earth's Magnetic Field: #18 Magnetic Storms and Solar Activity
Topic: Magnetism
Grade Level: 5-8
Body: Earth
Mission: Earth Science (Earth)

Short Description: Students discuss whether solar activity has any impact on the frequency of magnetic storms.

Exploring the Earth's Magnetic Field: #19 Magnetic Storms and Aurora
Topic: Magnetism
Grade Level: 5-8
Body: Earth
Mission: Earth Science (Earth)

Short Description: Students will compare the amount of energy dissipated by an aurora in the northern hemisphere, with the record Kp index of magnetic storm severity.

Exploring the Earth's Magnetic Field: #2 Exploring Magnetic Fields
Topic: Magnetism
Grade Level: 5-8
Body: Earth
Mission: Earth Science (Earth)

Short Description: Students will describe the magnetic field lines of a magnet, and describe the magnetic properties of the Earth and sun.

Exploring the Earth's Magnetic Field: #20 Round-the-Clock Monitoring of Aurora
Topic: Magnetism
Grade Level: 9-12
Body: Earth
Mission: Earth Science (Earth)

Short Description: Students will use data from the IMAGE satellite to see if there is a correlation between aurora and other phenomena in the solar and geospace environment which can cause them to brighten.

Exploring the Earth's Magnetic Field: #21 The Evolution of an Aurora in Time
Topic: Magnetism
Grade Level: 9-12
Body: Earth
Mission: Earth Science (Earth)

Short Description: Students will use data from the IMAGE satellite to order an auroral image in time, describe how an aurora changes over time, construct a timeline of auroral changes, and compare magnetic storms for common auroral elements.

Exploring the Earth's Magnetic Field: #22 Auroral Battery Electrical Circuit
Topic: Magnetism
Grade Level: 9-12
Body: Earth
Mission: Earth Science (Earth)

Short Description: Students explore the idea that changes in the magnetic field in the magnetotail region cause releases of energy that eventually supply the battery to light up the aurora on Earth.

Exploring the Earth's Magnetic Field: #23 The Magnetopause Boundary Distance
Topic: Magnetism
Grade Level: 9-12
Body: Earth
Mission: Earth Science (Earth)

Short Description: Students will algebraically solve distance equations to explain how the distance to the magnetopause balance point depends on the solar wind pressure.

Exploring the Earth's Magnetic Field: #3 Exploring the Earth as a Magnet
Topic: Magnetism
Grade Level: K-4, 5-8
Body: Earth
Mission: Earth Science (Earth)

Short Description: Students will use models to learn how Earth's magnetic field protects us from polar storms. They will also describe the shape of the Earth's magnetic field in space and learn its correct name.

Exploring the Earth's Magnetic Field: #4 Electricity and Magnetism
Topic: Magnetism
Grade Level: K-4, 5-8
Body: Earth
Mission: Earth Science (Earth)

Short Description: This activity shows the relationship between electricity and magnetism, how the Earth's magnetic field can effect (and sometimes interrupt) the flow of electricity from power companies to consumers.

Exploring the Earth's Magnetic Field: #5 The Wandering Magnetic Pole
Topic: Magnetism
Grade Level: 5-8
Body: Earth
Mission: Earth Science (Earth)

Short Description: Students will plot the position of the magnetic North Pole from 1994-2001 and see that the pole moves.

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