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Ucar: The Sun Earth Connection: The Magnetic Sun Lesson PlanUcar: The Sun Earth Connection: The Magnetic Sun Lesson Plan
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
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5th - 9th
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Ucar: The Sun Earth Connection: The Magnetic Sun

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Students will build a simple version of a magnetometer and use it to discover the types of areas of the Sun that have very strong magnetic fields. Students will then describe what the types of features associated with the Sun's strongest magnetic fields look like.

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magnetic fields

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