Lessons

The Aurora Alive Lesson Manual contains over 100 lessons, including both "introductory" and "advanced" instruction; national and state standards addressed; rubrics and other forms of assessment; and activities for both honor and "at-risk" students.

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Introductory Lessons

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Unit 1: Aurora Legends Aurora Legends Scavenger Hunt Elders Speak About the Aurora Place of Origin Write an Aurora Story Aurora Visions: Modified Woodcut Engravings *Whistling at the Aurora Legend or Science Theory? Aurora Legends Vocabulary Unit 2: Magnetic Earth Magnetic Earth Scavenger Hunt Invisible Force *Making Predictions about Invisible Forces Earth's Layers Magnetic Earth Vocabulary Unit 3: Powerful Sun Powerful Sun Scavenger Hunt Powerful Sun Vocabulary A Sun/Earth Comparison Magnificent Magnetospheres Magnetosphere Watercolor Activity *Solar Winds and Solar Engines *Denotes scientific inquiry lesson

Unit 4: Crashing Particles Crashing Particles Scavenger Hunt Apple Model Earth Aurora Misconceptions: Rainbows & Aurora *Colors Here and Colors There Particle Collision Crashing Particles Vocabulary Unit 5: Crowns of Light Crowns of Light Scavenger Hunt Crowns of Light Vocabulary Diamante Cities of the Aurora Aurora Ovals Unit 6: Glowing Shapes Glowing Shapes Scavenger Hunt Aurora Shapes Vanishing Points Mini Aurora Symphony *Identifying Aurora Shapes Glowing Shapes Vocabulary Unit 7: Measuring the Aurora Measuring the Aurora Scavenger Hunt Measuring the Aurora Vocabulary How High is The Aurora? *Design a Clinometer Measuring Earth's Magnetic Field Instruments in Space

Unit 8: Predicting the Aurora Predicting the Aurora Scavenger Hunt Aurora Forecast Solar Rotation *The Sunspot Cycle Timeline of Aurora Events Unit 9: Aurora Effects Aurora Effects Scavenger Hunt *Make an Electromagnet Galvanometers Cause and Effect Aurora Effects Vocabulary Unit 10: Other Planets with Aurora Other Planets' Auroras Scavenger Hunt 3-D Planets Aurora Recipe Fictitious Planets Spectral Fingerprints Planet "Geo"pardy

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