Northern Lights and Solar Sprites #10 Exploring the Earth as a Magnet
Students will use models to learn about the Earth's magnetosphere and how the solar wind interacts with the magnetosphere. Students will then compose a short story about the journey of a magnetic particle from the Sun to the Earth.

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