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Polar Lights!

Materials
  • Black construction paper
  • White Paper 
  • Different colored chalk
  • Toothbrush 
  • White Paint 

Activity Directions 
  1. Watch the videos on the polar lights linked below. 
  2. Perform the Polar Lights Activity (Note: The video linked below also walks you through the project.)
    1. Start by covering the bristles of your toothbrush with white paint. Angle the toothbrush towards your black construction paper and run your fingers through the paint-covered bristles to create white specks on the paper. Wait for the paint to dry.
      1. These white specks will represent stars in the night sky. 
    2. After the paint has dried, take your white chalk and add a horizon line about ⅓ of the distance from the bottom of the paper.
    3. Then, take your white sheet of paper and tear a strip off such that you create a jagged edge. Use your different colored chalks to rub a line of colored segments along the edge. 
    4. Then, using your fingers, swipe up along the colored part to create the effect of the auroras. The chalk should swipe up off the white paper and create a gradient on the black paper. 
    5. Repeat this process to create more streams of light. (Note: Make sure you wipe your fingers to ensure that the colors don’t mix.)
    6. When you are done creating the strings of light, take your white chalk again and draw a mountain range on top of the horizon line. 
      1. We are drawing a snowy mountain range because the lights are best seen at the poles. The lights at the northern pole are called the Aurora Borealis and the lights at the southern pole are called the Aurora Australis. 
    7. You are done! Decorate your drawing as you wish!
Suggested Videos: 
Polar Lights Videos: https://youtu.be/czMh3BnHFHQ, https://youtu.be/nHn5OO1t1yc
Polar Lights  Project: https://youtu.be/MjS9YGYA6CU

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Published 10.3.2020

Author: Rupali Venkatesan

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  • Home
  • About Us
  • Memphis, TN
    • Science Storytime
    • Science After School
    • Y on the Fly
    • Senior Technology Education Program
    • K-5 Science Challenge
    • MS Science Challenge
    • Girls’ Science Discovery Day
    • Elementary Invitational
  • Museum Partnerships
    • Huntsville, AL
    • Jackson, MS >
      • Science Spectacular
      • Sensational Science
    • St. Louis, MO
    • Little Rock, AR
    • Lexington, KY
  • challenges
    • Little Rock Challenge
    • Huntsville Challenge
    • Memphis Elementary Challenge
    • Memphis Middle School Challenge
  • Calendar
  • Gallery
  • Science at Home
    • Science Projects >
      • Make Your Own Volcano!
      • Make Your Own Potato Clock!
      • Grow Your Own Sugar Crystal!!
      • Dye Your Own Flowers!
      • Dissolving Egg Shells!
      • Make a pH indicator!
      • Pepper and Soap Experiment!
      • Sundial!
      • Coke and Mentos!
      • Carbon Sugar Snake!
      • Extracting Iron from Cereal!​
      • Blowing up Balloons!
      • Leaf Transpiration!
      • Create a Density Column!
      • Make Your Own Compost!
      • Make Your Own Ice Cream!
      • Maka a Lava Lamp!
      • Skittles Science Experiment!
      • Walking Water!
      • Rolling a Can with Electricity!
      • Ice Tray Battery!
      • Imploding Can!
      • Steel Wool in Vinegar!
      • Invisible Ink!
      • Supercooling Water!
      • Picking Up Ice Cubes!
      • Polar Bear Blubber!
      • Fireworks in Water!
      • Cleaning Pennies!
      • Cleaning Pennies - Extended!
    • Astronomy >
      • Constellation Cups
      • Layers of the Earth!
      • Moon Phases Flipbook!
      • Layers of the Atmosphere!
      • Black Holes!
      • Gravity!
      • Eclipses!
      • Nebulae!
      • The Solar System
      • Clouds in a Jar!
      • Mars!
      • Telescopes!
      • Solar Oven!
      • Stars!
      • Comets!
      • Astronauts!
      • Polar Lights!
      • Venus!
    • Anatomy >
      • The Skeletal System
      • The Respiratory System
      • The Digestive System
      • The Circulatory System
      • The Endocrine System
      • The Nervous System
      • The Integumentary System
      • Lung Cancer
      • Lukemia
      • Lymphoma
      • Pancreatic Cancer
      • Renal Cancer
      • Bile Duct Cancer
      • Mitosis and The Cell Cycle