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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Midnight Sun and Northern Lights [Pdf]
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...
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Alaska Northern Lights: Seasonal Affective Disorder [Pdf]
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".
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights
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...
University of Wisconsin
The Aurora Page Photographs by Jan Curtis
Nine pages of images, four to six to a page, showcase the magnificence of the Northern Lights.
NOAA
Noaa: Space Environment Center: Aurora [Pdf]
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.
University of Victoria (Canada)
Internet Shakespeare Editions: Art in Renaissance England
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...
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Polar Continental Shelf Project for Kids!
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.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Solid, Liquid, Gas and Plasma?
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...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Auroras Paintings in the Sky
This site offers a very nice, detailed explanation of auroras along with some inspiring images and videos.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Auroras: Paintings in the Sky
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.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A Significant Influence: Describing an Important Teacher
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.
PBS
Nova: Gallery of Auroras
Find out what causes the aurora borealis. You can view some interesting photographs of the aurora in action.
NASA
Nasa: Image Science Center: Ask the Space Scientist Earth
Site from NASA contains a collection of 91 questions pertaining to the Earth's atmosphere, magnetic field, ionosphere, rotation and origin of life.
Curated OER
Aurora With Orion in the Winter Sky
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.
Other
Stratford Hall Plantation: Birthplace of Robert E. Lee
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...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Summer Monsoon in India, 1910
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...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Charleston Harbor, 1861
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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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Vicinity of Charleston, 1861
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...