Magnetic Fields

YOUR TASK is to research one of these aspects of 'Solar System' Magnetism and produce a  set of notes that can be photocopied. Here are some links to get you started.

The solar wind
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/geomag/geomaginfo.shtml
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/potfld/img/solarexp.jpg
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wsolwind.html
 
Northern Lights
http://members.shaw.ca/rubylynnm/nl7.html
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/glossary/aurora.html&edu=high
 
Earth's magnetosphere and protection
http://science.nasa.gov/ssl/pad/sppb/edu/magnetosphere/bullets.html
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wms1.html
 
Compasses
http://science.howstuffworks.com/compass.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/astronomical_instruments_05.shtml

 

Magnetic reversals
http://www..psc.edu/science/Glatzmaier/glatzmaier.html
http://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/education/student/tectonics/sea_floor_spreading_i.html