Teaching Planetary Magnetospheres and Aurorae

Like many other specialised scientific fields that are taught to university master level students, planetary magnetospheres and aurorae may be a challenge as the field is missing a choice of text books that may be used as an accessible single reference. Accordingly, to build a complete course, teachers must often gather information from multiple sources, which are not always compatible in terms of format, level, background or purpose. As a result, the resulting assembly of parts may sometimes sound a bit rambling. Fortunately, several of us were able to contribute to seminars or to series of seminars on the subject, that were recorded and made available to the public. These media are an important source of inspiration and may be directly used as part of a course. In addition, during these "covid years", some of us may have recorded their lectures and may be happy to share their experience and material. Another complication, probably specific to the field of magnetospheres and aurorae, is the difficulty to find appropriate material for the practicum. In that regard, the Planeterrella experiment is a fantastic tool, sufficiently flexible to illustrate various parts of the course and to provide students with a hands-on experience in this complex field. Again, benefiting from each other’s experience would be extremely useful. It is suggested that an Education and Public Outreach (EPO) platform is set up in a way that would allow MOP participants (and others) involved in teaching planetary and magnetosphere sciences or regularly communicating on this subject with a wider audience, to share their experience and/or material