Discovering Alien Oceans: Magnetism

Discovering Alien Oceans: Magnetism

In this classroom activity, students will explore the relationship between magnetism and electricity to model how scientists determined that Europa has a magnetic field and a conductive liquid, subsurface ocean.

Topics

  • electricity
  • magnetism
  • MS-PS2-5
  • MS-PS2-3
  • HS-PS2-5
  • HS-PS3-5
  • remote sensing
  • solar system
  • states of matter
  • Europa
  • Europa Clipper
  • ocean worlds
  • Jupiter
  • missions
  • moons
  • spacecraft