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Live From The Aurora Educator's Guide

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The entire Live From The Aurora Educator's Guide is downloadable as a PDF here. We have also broken the guide down by each section and made each into a downloadable PDF for quicker access and faster download times.

Introduction
: Front cover
: The Student Observation Network (On-Line)
: Live From the Aurora: Educator's Guide
: Passport To Knowledge

Sunspots :: Grades K-2, 3-5
: Background
: National Standards - Grades K-2 & 3-5
: Vocabulary K-2
    Activities Grades K-2 List of activities
  1. Pre/Post Assessment
  2. What is the Sun?
  3. Helpful and Harmful
  4. Making a Homemade Sunspot Viewer
  5. Sunspot Viewer Review
  6. Sunspot Flip Book
  7. Sunspot Flip Book Journal
  8. Sunspot Numbers
    Activities Grades 3-5 List of activities plus vocabulary
  1. Pre/Post Assessment
  2. Galileo Sees the Light
  3. Sunspot Poems
  4. Layers of the Sun Worksheet
  5. Our Very Own Star: The Sun Puzzle
  6. Sunspot Numbers
  7. Internet Connections

Sunspots :: Grades 5-8
: National Standards
: Vocabulary
: Activity: Sunspot Observation


Radio Waves :: Grades 8-12
: Background
: National Standards

    Activities
  1. 1-A Scientific Notation and the Speed of Light & 1-B Scientific Notation on the Calculator
  2. Wavelength and Frequency
  3. Jupiter
Magnetism :: Grades 9-12
: Background
: National Standards
: Vocabulary
: Activity Prep
    Activities
  1. Mapping the Field of a Dipole Magnet
  2. Mapping the Ambient Magnetic Field
  3. Mapping the Field of Multiple Dipoles
  4. Earth's Magnetic Field from Space
Solar Storms & the Aurora :: Grades 9-12
: Background
: National Standards
: Vocabulary
    Activity
  1. Activity Prep
    Building the Magnetometer
    Using the Magnetometer
    Analyzing the Magnetometer Data
    Teacher Answer Sheet
    Student Worksheet
    Resources