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Middle schoolers sequence the phases of the moon and determine when lunar and solar eclipses occur.
Students research space science by conducting an in-class experiment. In this eclipse activity, 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.
In this eclipses worksheet, students are given diagrams of a solar and lunar eclipse. They fill in each diagram with given terms and color the diagram to indicate the process for each type of eclipse.
In this moon activity, students identify each phase of the moon and explain how solar and lunar eclipses occur. This activity has 5 fill in the blank and 2 short answer questions.
Students examine eclipses. In this eclipse lesson plan, 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.
In this eclipses activity, students read about solar and lunar eclipses to complete 8 short answer questions comparing the two types of eclipses.
In this universe worksheet, students read an article titled The Priviledged Planet about the solar system, and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 13 questions about the article.
Middle schoolers view and discuss various images of solar events. They research and create a flip book demonstrating the progression of two solar events, and write a poem describing their chosen solar event.
Students are introduced to safety rules for observing the Sun, how the distance of the Sun is measured using Kepler's Laws and identify the visible layers of the Sun. They discuss solar eclipses and view images of eclipses using the Internet.
Students construct a simple model of an eclipse. They set up the pattern that causes an eclipse. Then they draw and write about what causes the occurrence of a solar eclipse.