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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Auroras Paintings in the Sky

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a very nice, detailed explanation of auroras along with some inspiring images and videos.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Facts About the Thermosphere

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn facts about the thermosphere, one of the five layers of the atmosphere.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Auroras: Paintings in the Sky

For Students 9th - 10th
Six different questions are addressed by this resource. The questions address everything you might need to know from what they look like to what causes them.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: A Significant Influence: Describing an Important Teacher

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this project, students write tributes to teachers who have made a profound difference in their lives then publish their work in a class collection.
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PBS

Nova: Gallery of Auroras

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what causes the aurora borealis. You can view some interesting photographs of the aurora in action.
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Other

Twan: Messengers From the Sun

For Students 9th - 10th
An incredible photograph of the aurora borealis with some fascinating information as to its origins are presented in this site.
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NASA

Nasa: Image Science Center: Ask the Space Scientist Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from NASA contains a collection of 91 questions pertaining to the Earth's atmosphere, magnetic field, ionosphere, rotation and origin of life.
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NASA

Nasa: Heliophysics: New Science of the Sun Solar System Connection

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA lists common and uncommon misconceptions about Sun-Earth Science. Site also provides links to activities and lesson plans as well as background reading.
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Ed Koday

Web Archive: Io Moth

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Io moth, named for a character in Greek mythology, has a very obvious black eyespot on each hindwing. Males are golden yellow in color, but females are more brown. It has a wingspan of 2.5-3.5 inches. In Canada and northern states,...
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Curated OER

Aurora With Orion in the Winter Sky

For Students 9th - 10th
Six different questions are addressed by this resource. The questions address everything you might need to know from what they look like to what causes them.
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Other

Stratford Hall Plantation: Birthplace of Robert E. Lee

For Students 9th - 10th
Official website of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, dedicated to preservation, research and education. The Association interprets to the public Stratford Hall and the plantation life of the Lee Family, whose ideals and leadership...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Summer Monsoon in India, 1910

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1910 of the Indian subcontinent and the Central Asia region showing the typical rainfall distribution patterns during the summer monsoons, keyed to show areas of rainfall ranging from very light to, according to this text, the...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Charleston Harbor, 1861

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed map of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, in April, 1861 at the beginning of the American Civil War, and site of the Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12-13, 1861). The map shows the city of Charleston and railroads, rural roads,...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Vicinity of Charleston, 1861

For Students 9th - 10th
The vicinity of Charleston, North Carolina in 1861, site of Fort Sumter and the opening battle of the American Civil War. The map shows the city of Charleston and railroads, the Union held Fort Sumter and light house at the mouth of the...

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