Aurora
Overview
This honor combines science, geography, history, and visual observation to help you understand one of nature’s most spectacular light displays—the aurora—and why it occurs both on Earth and beyond.
Requirements
1. What is an aurora?
2. Where do auroras occur on Earth? In which countries can they be observed?
3. When was the first aurora recorded?
4. What legends are associated with them?
5. Classification of auroras.
6. How do polar auroras form?
7. Why can polar auroras appear in different colors?
8. What sounds can polar auroras make?
9. Where is the best place to observe the Northern Lights?
10. The best time to observe the Northern Lights.
11. Polar auroras on other planets.
12. View photos and videos of polar auroras.
Answer key & resources
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