Northern Lights Classroom Resources

Northern Lights Classroom Resources
Author: Hillary Wackman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003-05
Genre: Minnesota
ISBN: 9780873514453

Surveys the history of Minnesota from the Ice Age through the end of the twentieth century, with "Investigations" which encourage the examination of primary source documents and use of proper historical methods.

Thursday's Classroom: Northern Lights

Thursday's Classroom: Northern Lights
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"Northern Lights" is the Thursday's Classroom for May 18, 2000. Thursday's Classroom, a service of Bishop Web Works, aims to provide a connection between NASA's latest research and the classroom by offering lesson plans, activities, articles, and other resources for students in the second through eighth grades. This Thursday's Classroom is based on the study of the Northern Lights, or aurora borealis.

Northern Light

Northern Light
Author: The Cistercian Nuns of Tautra Mariakloster
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0879071605

For at least eight centuries, the Norwegian island of Tautra in the Trondheim fjord has been known for its spiritual waves and special light. In the Middle Ages, Cistercian monks established the northernmost monastery of the Order, living God-centered lives and developing skills such as land use and animal husbandry until the Reformation. In 1999, Cistercian nuns reestablished Tautra Mariakloster, the monastery of Our Lady of the Safe Island. Visitors to the modern monastery, distinguished by its glass-roofed church, quickly sense the silence, peace, and light of the place. Four of the women who live at Tautra have contributed to this volume of monastic wisdom from the north. They write of their experiences as monastics living close to the land, sky, and water on this island, following the liturgical year of the monastery with its enduring rhythm while experiencing the changing seasons and landscape that help to shape their life of faith and light. Includes color photos. The nuns of Tautra Mariakloster are a group of women from eight countries who have been called to monastic life at Tautra, in central Norway.

Northern Lights

Northern Lights
Author: Michael Kusugak
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1993
Genre: Auroras
ISBN: 9781550373387

When Kataujaq's beloved mother dies, she finds comfort in the story her grandmother tells her about the northern lights.

In the Shadow of Liberty

In the Shadow of Liberty
Author: Kenneth C. Davis
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2016-09-20
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1627793127

Did you know that many of America’s Founding Fathers—who fought for liberty and justice for all—were slave owners? Through the powerful stories of five enslaved people who were “owned” by four of our greatest presidents, this book helps set the record straight about the role slavery played in the founding of America. From Billy Lee, valet to George Washington, to Alfred Jackson, faithful servant of Andrew Jackson, these dramatic narratives explore our country’s great tragedy—that a nation “conceived in liberty” was also born in shackles. These stories help us know the real people who were essential to the birth of this nation but traditionally have been left out of the history books. Their stories are true—and they should be heard. This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into multiple aspects of the common core curriculum.

Night Flying Woman

Night Flying Woman
Author: Ignatia Broker
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2008-10-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0873516869

In the accounts of the lives of several generations of Ojibway people in Minnesota is much information about their history and culture.

Northern Lights on Civic and Citizenship Education

Northern Lights on Civic and Citizenship Education
Author: Heidi Biseth
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2021-02-26
Genre: Education
ISBN: 303066788X

This open access book presents an in-depth analysis of data from ICCS. An international group of scholars critically address the state of civic and citizenship education in the four Nordic countries that participated in the IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) in 2009 and 2016. The findings are of particular relevance to educators at all levels, from school education through to teacher education. Nordic countries have long traditions of democracy and their students have performed relatively well in the ICCS assessments. Nonetheless, citizenship education continues to evolve and has received increasing attention in recent educational reforms, indicating policymakers understanding that schools play an important role in establishing democratic values among future citizens. Data from ICCS can be used to analyze, discuss, and reflect on the status of civic and citizenship education and can contribute to the discourse on the potential role of education in contributing to sustainable democracies for a common future. However, teaching citizenship and learning democracy are two different things. While young people can be taught about democracy in school, it is vital that schools work together with the wider community in which youth operate to strengthen civic understanding and values for all young people regardless of their social and economic background.

A Search for the Northern Lights

A Search for the Northern Lights
Author: Elizabeth Rusch
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2020-04-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1513262912

A mother-daughter story of an adventure-filled search for the amazing aurora borealis. Alix and her mom are fascinated by the nighttime light displays in the sky known as auroras, or northern lights, but being able to see them in person proves to be more challenging than expected. Where do they appear? When? How could Alix and her mom get there to see the auroras before they disappear from the sky? Inspired by the authors’ own experiences, A Search for the Northern Lights brings the reader along on a fascinating journey as Alix and her mom eagerly learn what auroras are and how to find them. The book also includes science and more information on auroras, plus a helpful guide for those hoping to catch their own glimpse of the incredible northern lights.

Northern Lights on PISA and TALIS

Northern Lights on PISA and TALIS
Author: Ludvigsen, Sten
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2016-04-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9289345233

• Is PISA 2012 relevant to mathematics education in Norway and Sweden? • In what ways are the different leadership styles among principals in the Nordic countries related to teachers’ attitudes and behaviours and students achievements? • What are the associations between professional development, job satisfaction and self-efficacy? • Can collegial work and school leader feedback improve teachers’ self-efficacy in Nordic classrooms? • What characterizes high-performing students in mathematics within the Nordic countries? • Are international large-scale educational assessments elephants arriving at the gates of our national educational system? These are some of the questions that are discussed in this collection of articles. The issues are based on the results of the OECD studies PISA and TALIS. The articles aim to provide input for policy discussions and to further policy development within the Nordic countries. Therefore, the main target groups are educational ministers and policymakers at all levels. These analyses will also provide input to the joint Nordic initiatives on educational development.