Students and teachers from 10 schools have been selected by the THEMIS program to help scientists investigate the mystery of the Northern Lights. The schools from eight states were competitively selected to be the hosts of a $20,000 magnetometer installation at each school. The instrument will be used to measure changes in Earth's invisible magnetic field, which will help scientists uncover the causes of these spectacular natural light shows.

The 10 magnetometers being installed in the competitively selected schools will provide scientists with detailed data about what Earth's magnetic field is doing during a 'magnetic storm'. This data will be compared to the timeline of events which scientists will put together from the five satellites and help scientists test which theory is correct. Teachers will be able to integrate this data and scientific findings into their classroom work and show students what the actual scientific research process is like.

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