Presentation Slides

Presentation Recording

STAR Net Clearing House Activities

• Living in a Bubble: Play with Magnets and Compasses
• Neato-Magneto Planets

Aurora Activities with Infiniscope and Aurorasaurus

Thinking Like an Aurora Scientist

Infiniscope Presentation (activity begins around 17:54)

• Aurora Images Presentation

UAF Museum of the North Hands-on Aurora Activities

Activities most applicable to libraries:

• Make an Aurora Bracelet
• Aurora Chalk Art
• Explore Magnets
• Paint the Aurora with Ice Cubes
• Pack a Northern Lights Backpack
• Watercolor Aurora Sky

Aurorasaurus Blogs of Interest

• Cozy Aurora Reads: Includes a review of a variety of books about auroras.
• Why do auroras at lower latitudes look red?: Describes the different types and causes of red auroras.
• HelioCrafts: Aurora Altitudes Hat: Describes how to make an artistic aurora winter knit hat that uses colors to denote the altitudes of the different parts of an aurora.

Websites

• What Is An Aurora?: Kid-friendly explanation of the aurora, from NASA Space Place.
• Mystery of Purple Lights: Article about how NASA solved an aurora-related mystery with
  help from citizen scientists.
• The Mystery of the Aurora: Short 2008 video about how NASA is studying the aurora.
• A Physicist Explains The Shimmering Science Behind Auroras: Read an interview with aurora scientist Dr. Elizabeth MacDonald.