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- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students explore solar eclipses by participating in a number of hands-on activities. In class, students work in teams using tennis balls, grapes and flashlights to model partial and total solar eclipses. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students write journal entries about eclipses with a focus on solar eclipses. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students manipulate and observe a 3-D model which simulates the activity of the Sun, Earth and Moon during a solar eclipse. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students make book covers displaying the Sun during a solar eclipse and a labeled illustration of the Sun. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students view a solar eclipse animation. Then they use Internet links to research solar and lunar eclipses to better explain the relationship between the sun, moon, and Earth. They write a descriptive paragraph explaining how the eclipses differ. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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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. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students 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. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students participate in a lunar eclipse webquest and a solar eclipse webquest. Then they write an explanation of the differences between solar and lunar eclipses. Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students 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. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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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. Full Review »
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