HR: 0800h
AN: ED31A-0087    [Abstracts]
TI: Colorado Lights: Exploring the Sun-Earth Connection through Art and Writing
AU: Possel, T
EM: therese.possel@colorado.edu
AF: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, United States
AU: * CoBabe-Ammann, E
EM: ecobabe@lasp.colorado.edu
AF: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, United States
AU: Wood, E
EM: erin.wood@lasp.colorado.edu
AF: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, United States
AU: Becker, K
EM: kate.becker@lasp.colorado.edu
AF: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, United States
AB: Over the last decade, it has become increasingly clear that science can be an important way to excite children about reading, writing and the arts. The natural beauty that science represents inspires students to both think about the world around them and strive to find the words and images that communicate their excitement. Colorado Lights is a new program that provides a set of five activities for students in Grades 3 through 5 to explore the beauty, science and mythology of the aurora creatively through art and writing. This standards-based, flexible ‘plug-and-play' program is based on the latest research on bringing science into the literacy and art classroom. It can be used as a complete sequence of lessons or can be used as guidelines for teachers to develop their own activities.
UR: http://lasp.colorado.edu/education
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0820 Curriculum and laboratory design
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting