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Auroral Currents
written by Bradley S. Ambrose and Ramon Lopez
This guided inquiry tutorial for introductory astronomy courses aims to deepen student understanding of magnetic fields produced by current-carrying wires by introducing auroral electrojet phenomena as a large-scale model of electric current interaction in a magnetic field. Students will examine perturbations in Earth's magnetic field as measured by the International Real-time Magnetic Observatory Network to infer the direction and strength of currents running through the ionosphere.

This tutorial is designed to supplement Lecture-Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy  for lecture-style classrooms as well as for use in recitation or tutorial classrooms.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Astronomy
- Instrumentation
= Observatories
- Solar System
- The Sun
= Magnetic Activity
= Space Weather
Education Foundations
- Assessment
= Formative Assessment
Education Practices
- Active Learning
= Inquiry Learning
= Modeling
- Instructional Material Design
= Tutorial
- Pedagogy
= Analogies
Electricity & Magnetism
- Magnetic Fields and Forces
= Ampere's Law
= Fields and Currents
Quantum Physics
- Quantization
= Quantization of Energy
- Symmetries in Quantum Mechanics
= Angular Momentum
- Lower Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Instructor Guide/Manual
= Lesson/Lesson Plan
= Problem/Problem Set
= Student Guide
- Assessment Material
- Dataset
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- Algebra-based Physics
- Activity
- Assessment
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Keywords:
Aurora, Aurora Australis, Aurora Borealis, Electrojet, Electrojet Current, Geostorm, Northern Lights, Solar energetic particles
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Metadata instance created October 14, 2024 by Caroline Hall
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October 14, 2024 by Caroline Hall
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Ambrose, Bradley S., and Ramon Lopez. "Auroral Currents." 2024. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16957&DocID=6016 (accessed 2 November 2024).
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Ambrose, Bradley S., and Ramon Lopez. Auroral Currents. 2023. 2 Nov. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16957&DocID=6016>.
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