Explanation Writing

In my class we're learning to write the structure of an explanation. We did our first explanation on the Aurora Australis which means the southern lights. Here is my published Explanation.

The Aurora Australis

Have you ever witnessed nature’s light show dancing across the night sky? This colourful display is often referred to, and known as ‘The Southern Lights’. What causes this spectacular illumination, Aurora Australis?

The Aurora Australis starts all the way up in space at the sun, the sun is always active and it ejects a cloud called a solar flare which is filled with ions, electrons and atoms.  The sun has several solar flares a day.

Then, the solar flare heads towards Earth. The particles in the solar flare are dangerous to humans but there is something that saves us, it’s in Earth's atmosphere. it’s Earth’s magnetic field. It acts as a invisible shield. The magnetic field saves us from the dangerous particles. The solar flare follows the shape of the magnetic field and it directs the ions to the North and South Poles. That is when they pick up speed, on it’s way to the North and South Poles. The particles in the solar flare collide with all of the other particles.

After that, the solar flare releases energy in the form of light. The different ions make the different colours of Aurora, green is the most common colour. You will be able to see Aurora on a cold, dark winter night if you are close to the polar regions.  Aurora is also in the North Hemisphere it is called Aurora Borealis but the Southern Light is much bigger and brighter than the Northern Lights because more ions go down to the South pole.

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