
Internet Field Trip: Earth's Magnetism
Internet Links
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: Magnetosphere
Learn how Earth's magnetic field extends far into space.
http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wms1.html
NASA Space Sciences Laboratory: What Is the Magnetosphere?
Discover how the magnetosphere helps to protect Earth from the Sun's solar wind.
http://www.ssl.msfc.nasa.gov/ssl/pad/sppb/edu/magnetosphere/
Internet Field Trip: How Scientists Are
Studying Lightning
Internet Links
National Geographic: Lightning: The Shocking Story
Read electrifying stories and learn the shocking facts about lightning.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lightning/
Dan's Wild Wild Weather: Lightning
Learn all about lightning from a TV weather forecaster.
http://www.wildwildweather.com/lightning.htm
NASA Global Hydrology and Climate Center:
Lightning Detection From Space: A Lightning Primer
Discover why NASA scientists monitor lightning activity
from outer space.
http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/primer/
Exploratorium: Exploring Weather
Explore the wonder of nature's fireworks.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weather/weather.html
Franklin Institute: Franklin's ForecastLightning
Learn how meteorologists use lightning to forecast the progress
of thunderstorms.
http://www.fi.edu/weather/lightning/lightning.html
National Lightning Safety Institute
Explore the myths and mystery about lightning.
http://www.lightningsafety.com/nlsi_info.html
Internet Field Trip: Electric Cars
Internet Links
California Energy Commission
Energy Quest: Electric Vehicles
Electric cars have been around a long time. Read this amazing history!
http://energy.ca.gov/afvs/vehicle_fact_sheets/ev.html
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