Loc: Everyday Mysteries: What Are the Northern Lights?

Students view artwork and navigate the Internet, and read books to learn about the Aurora Borealis.  In this Northern Lights activity, students complete a KWL and separate the facts from the myths about the Northern lights....

What are stars and how do they work? Find out with a peppy video that examines hot balls of gas, the sun, and several constellations. 

What are clouds and what do they have to do with the three sates of matter? Water changes states as it evaporates from the ground to create clouds. Watch a video that explains the science behind clouds and the different types seen in the...

Show your class exactly what the Northern Lights look like! This actual footage makes for a high-quality video, especially for an earth science class. No sound is included.

An impressive animation explains the earth's awe-inspiring auroras. The contributions of high-energy particles from the sun collide with our neutral atmospheric atoms. Explained are the roles of solar wind, plasma, the magnetosphere,...

There are a variety of ways one can look at what might be the strongest muscle in the body. This site defines the various types of muscles and goes on to explain which would be considered the strongest.

Can you guess the largest biome in the world? It's the taiga, making up almost 30% of the world's forest cover! Use this video to explore both the taiga and the tundra biomes, and take a look into one of the world's greatest phenomenons:...

Where are you and where are you going? Visit this site and learn the discovery and purpose of GPS, Global Position Systems.

Engineering challenges, construction costs, and disasters are some of the challenges when it comes to nuclear energy. Watch a video that explains each of these and more in detail.

What are the Aurora Lights? NASA has put together a highly informative video explaining the science behind this polar phenomenon. We learn about Earth's magnetism, its interaction with the sun, and how NASA was able to understand the...