How Are The Northern Lights Made Ks2

It was made by the royal astronomer to king nebuchadnezzar ii.
How are the northern lights made ks2. The northern lights called the aurora borealis and the southern lights aurora australis appear when tiny particles stream out from the sun and hit earth s atmosphere. This powerpoint features 5 different northern lights themed photographs to help support your teaching on this topic. Aurora is the roman god of the dawn. The northern lights are most visible to people living in the far north.
They are sometimes visible as far south as florida. What causes the northern lights. The northern lights are caused by the interaction of the solar wind a stream of charged particles escaping the sun and our planet s magnetic field and atmosphere. Boreas is the greek name for the north wind.
The northern lights don t just produce beautiful colours they also make sounds like claps crackles and static. The name aurora borealis another title for the northern lights come from two ancient names. But the atoms and molecules cannot hold the energy. These colourful lights are the result of interactions between solar storms from the sun and the earth s outer atmosphere.
The lights have been seen since ancient times and one of the earliest documentations is on a stone tablet from 568 bc. Harry halle and their dads visit lapland to search for the northern lights. Many primitive people were fearful of the lights seeing them as a premonition of disaster. This is known as the aurora borealis which is latin for northern dawn.
During the day solar storms from the sun blow an array of particles called solar winds. The particles give some of their energy to atoms and molecules of gases in the upper atmosphere. This clip will be relevant for teaching key stage 1 key stage 2 and first second level physics or science. Great for whole class teaching introducing a new theme and as a discussion starter.
The northern lights known as aurora borealis are bright dancing lights of the aurora in the north the lights are a result of the sun s electrically charged particles colliding and entering the atmosphere of planet earth the lights can be viewed above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres the lights appear in various colors but pink and pale green are the common.