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Dancing in the Night Sky
Educator
Guide
Description
Students will
apply the concepts
of data analysis
and measurement
to plot the auroral
oval in the northern
hemisphere and
determine the height
of the northern
lights using Carl
Stormer's triangulation
method.
Instructional
Objectives
The student will
Activity 1 (Lower Level)
find
and plot locations
on maps using geographic
coordinates.
draw
conclusions based
on graphical information.
convert
centimeters to
kilometers using
a given scale to
gather statistical
data
Activity 2 (Upper Level)
use
trignometry to
determine the height
of triangles
make
a conjecture based
on calculations
practice error
analysis
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