Aurora Alive Interactive Multimedia Science Education Program

The Aurora Alive Lesson Manual contains over 100 lessons, including both "introductory" and "advanced" instruction; national and state standards addressed; rubrics and other forms of assessment; and activities for both honor and "at-risk" students. Printed manuals can be purchased (click here), or the lessons can be individually downloaded below for FREE!

Note: The lessons are in PDF format, viewable with Adobe Acrobat Reader (click for free download).

Aurora Alive Introductory Lessons:
 
Unit 1: Aurora Legends Unit 2: Magnetic Earth
Aurora Legends Scavenger Hunt Magnetic Earth Scavenger Hunt
Elders Speak About the Aurora Invisible Force
Place of Origin *Making Predictions about Invisible Forces
Write an Aurora Story Earth's Layers
Aurora Visions: Modified Woodcut Engravings Magnetic Earth Vocabulary
*Whistling at the Aurora
Legend or Science Theory?
Aurora Legends Vocabulary
 
Unit 3: Powerful Sun Unit 4: Crashing Particles
Powerful Sun Scavenger Hunt Crashing Particles Scavenger Hunt
Powerful Sun Vocabulary Apple Model Earth
A Sun/Earth Comparison Aurora Misconceptions: Rainbows & Aurora
Magnificent Magnetospheres *Colors Here and Colors There
Magnetosphere Watercolor Activity Particle Collision
*Solar Winds and Solar Engines Crashing Particles Vocabulary
 
Unit 5: Crowns of Light Unit 6: Glowing Shapes
Crowns of Light Scavenger Hunt Glowing Shapes Scavenger Hunt
Crowns of Light Vocabulary Aurora Shapes
Diamante Vanishing Points
Cities of the Aurora Mini Aurora Symphony
Aurora Ovals *Identifying Aurora Shapes
  Glowing Shapes Vocabulary
 
Unit 7: Measuring the Aurora Unit 8: Predicting the Aurora
Measuring the Aurora Scavenger Hunt Predicting the Aurora Scavenger Hunt
Measuring the Aurora Vocabulary Aurora Forecast
How High is The Aurora? Solar Rotation
*Design a Clinometer *The Sunspot Cycle
Measuring Earth's Magnetic Field Timeline of Aurora Events
Instruments in Space
 
Unit 9: Aurora Effects Unit 10: Other Planets with Aurora
Aurora Effects Scavenger Hunt Other Planets' Auroras Scavenger Hunt
*Make an Electromagnet 3-D Planets
Galvanometers Aurora Recipe
Cause and Effect Fictitious Planets
Aurora Effects Vocabulary Spectral Fingerprints
  Planet "Geo"pardy
 
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Aurora Alive Advanced Lessons
 
* Denotes scientific inquiry lesson