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Eclipses Lesson Plans
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Students research space science by conducting an in-class experiment. In this eclipse lesson, students identify and illustrate what happens during both a solar and lunar eclipse. Students utilize light bulbs, poster paper, styrofoam balls and coloring utensils to conduct an eclipse demonstration prior to creating a presentation poster.
Students explore the concept of a solar eclipse. In this solar eclipse lesson students research what a solar eclipse is after reading the book entitled Someone is Eating the Sun. Students then use the program Second Life to explore a solar eclipse and record their observations. This lesson concludes with a full class discussion.
Students work in groups of three. They discuss current knowledge of the moon and sun. They discuss a solar eclipse. Students use a ping-pong ball and a baseball to simulate positions of earth, the moon, and the sun during a solar eclipse. Students will use the ratios they find with this experience to determine the distance away a paper plate must be in order that it is eclipsed by the base ball.
Students examine eclipses. In this eclipse lesson, students investigate solar and lunar eclipses. Students complete a WebQuest and write a descriptive summary of eclipses. Lesson references a WebQuest, but does not include a link.
Students explore the causes of the phases of an eclipse and become familiar with the hazards of this event. The event once caused fear. the health hazards are researched and discussed.
Sixth graders explore the stages of a solar eclipse as a result of the rotation and revolution of the Earth. The myths that evolved through a variety of cultures about this event are also examined.
Students write journal entries about eclipses with a focus on solar eclipses.
Students manipulate and observe a 3-D model which simulates the activity of the Sun, Earth and Moon during a solar eclipse.
Students make book covers displaying the Sun during a solar eclipse and a labeled illustration of the Sun.
Learners explore lunar eclipses and discover how to predict an eclipse the same way that ancient people did. They examine dates of recorded eclipses and find a pattern. Students apply an algorithm to the pattern.
