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Curated OER

Accepting And Learning From Mistakes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils examine a quote by Oliver Goldsmith to determine its meaning as it relates learning life lessons. They read a play before answering comprehension questions and determining the values that are presented in the dialogue. Next they...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Meteorology Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, middle schoolers look for the words that are related to the theme of the worksheet. They also work on the skills of spelling and word recognition.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Everyday Mysteries: What Are the Northern Lights?

For Students 3rd - 8th
What are the Northern Lights? This brief yet fact filled article explains all the important details including origin, composition, colors and appearance. Photos and maps are included.
Article
Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Midnight Sun and Northern Lights [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
This magazine article discusses the arctic where in the summer, the sun shines all day and night, but the winter is dark all day and night. It also explains the Northern Lights or aurora which is like a light show with beautiful pinks...
Unit Plan
Other

Usps: Polar Lights

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
You and your students are going on an expedition to learn about the polar regions. Explore the glaciers, subglacial rivers, and volcanoes. Get up close and personal with furry, flippered, and feathered friends. Learn how other people...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Northern Lights by Gilbert Parker

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the novel Northern Lights by Gilbert Parker. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "When Northern Lights Come Down O'nights"

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "When Northern Lights Come Down O'Nights" by Rex Ellingwood Beach.
Handout
Other

Alaska Northern Lights: Seasonal Affective Disorder [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A great resource for information about SAD. Read about the symptoms, what causes SAD, how it was discovered that light is the key, and the role that melatonin plays in SAD. Also given are some tips for avoiding the "winter blues".
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Other

Weekly Wire: Northern Lights

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an article about Nordic folk music and its growing popularity. It profiles two groups called Frifot and Sorten Mud.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Observatory Satellite Measures Motion of Coronal Mass Ejection

For Students 9th - 10th
The sun sometimes releases huge bursts of electrified gases into space. These bursts are called coronal mass ejections (or CMEs). When CMEs are directed towards Earth they can generate auroras, the spectacular atmospheric displays also...
Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights

For Students 9th - 10th
The aurora borealis (also known as the northern lights) is a spectacular light display that can be seen at night in regions near the North Pole (auroras can also be seen near the South Pole). Auroras occur because of charged particles...
Graphic
Curated OER

Northern Lights

For Students 3rd - 8th
Northern Lights
Graphic
Curated OER

Northern Lights

For Students 3rd - 8th
Northern Lights
Graphic
Curated OER

Northern Lights

For Students 3rd - 8th
Northern Lights
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University of Wisconsin

The Aurora Page Photographs by Jan Curtis

For Students 9th - 10th
Nine pages of images, four to six to a page, showcase the magnificence of the Northern Lights.
Unit Plan
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Anders Celsius

For Students 9th - 10th
Anders Celsius is most familiar as the inventor of the temperature scale that bears his name. The Swedish astronomer, however, also is notable as the first person to make a connection between the radiant atmospheric phenomenon known as...
Handout
NOAA

Noaa: Space Environment Center: Aurora [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The science and some myths behind the aurora, also known as the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere and the aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere are explained.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Is an Aurora?

For Students 9th - 10th
Why do we see those stunning lights in the northern- and southernmost portions of the night sky? Michael Molina explains every step of the dazzling phenomenon of the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis. [4:10]
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: Gilbert Parker

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Gilbert Parker by providing links to the full text of 14 of his novels: The Judgment House, Lane Parables Of A Province, Northern Lights, Seats Of The Mighty, The Translation of A Savage, and nine others.
Website
University of Victoria (Canada)

Internet Shakespeare Editions: Art in Renaissance England

For Students 9th - 10th
Topics available from this page include Medieval art, Renaissance art, Raphael: Italy comes to England, Later Renaissance art, Art in northern Europe, and Art in England. All of these topics are discussed in light of Shakespeare's life...
Website
Other

Polar Continental Shelf Project for Kids!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Visit this resource to learn about the geography, wild life, plants and people of Polar Continental Shelf in Canada's Arctic. Students can take a quiz to see how much they have learned.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Correlation of Coronal Mass Ejections With Solar Sunspot Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists have known for hundreds of years that sunspot activity waxes and wanes over a cycle that lasts approximately 11 years. In the 1970's, scientists discovered that the sun periodically blasts electrified gases into space, in huge...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Solid, Liquid, Gas and Plasma?

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever seen static electricity cause a spark of light? What is that spark? What about lightning, the Northern Lights, or the tail of a comet? All of those things and many others in fact, 99.9% of the universe -- are made of...
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Other

Twan: Passion

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a stunning photograph of the aurora borealis over Alaska.

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