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Big Kid Science

Create Dynamic Art Using the Eclipse!

For Students K - 12th
What happens to light as it passes through a hole? This is the main question centered around the designing of a solar eclipse dynamic art piece that uses a solar eclipse and paper to create a pinhole projection of the art.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solar Eclipse

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this solar eclipse worksheet, learners solve seven problems about solar eclipses after making a model following five steps. They determine the different orbits for satellites, they determine the lengths of Earth's shadow and they find...
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Worksheet
K12 Reader

Solar Eclipse

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
A passage about solar eclipses provides readers with an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to identify the main idea and supporting ideas in an article.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Solar Eclipse

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Learners take on the role of astronomers, calculating conditions necessary for a total solar eclipse. Concepts of similar triangles and properties of circles come together as pupils create ratios and use real measurements in determining...
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Activity
Big Kid Science

Photographing the Eclipse Tips and Tricks Guide

For Students 3rd - 12th
Use a guide that provides safe ways for viewing the eclipse with a camera or telescope. The guide also includes tips and tricks for getting the best shot using a camera phone or SLR camera. You won't wanna miss this!
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NASA

Measuring Solar Energy During an Eclipse

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Don't leave your classes in the dark! An inquiry-based lesson has young researchers analyze the light intensity before, during, and after a solar eclipse. They use their data to make inferences about the solar energy available during...
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Big Kid Science

Create a Milk Carton Camera to Observe the Eclipse!

For Students 3rd - 12th Standards
Step aside, fancy glasses... it's time to create a solar eclipse viewing camera of your own using nothing more than a milk carton. 
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Interactive
Curated OER

Student Exploration: Eclipse

For Students 4th - 7th
In this earthquake exploration worksheet, students complete 3 prior knowledge questions, then use "Eclipse Gizmo" to conduct several activities, completing short answer questions when finished.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Last Total Solar Eclipse...Ever!

For Students 8th - 10th
In this total solar eclipse worksheet, students solve 7 problems about the angular size of the moon, the distance the sun and moon should be to match in diameter, the number of years it will take for the moon to be at a certain distance...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Sun, Moon, and Our Solar System: Teacher/Student Notes

For Students 3rd - 5th
Introduce basic Earth and space science to your budding astronauts. This handout works in two ways, the first part provides information about the sun, moon, eclipses, and Earth to be read to or by the class. The second part is composed...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Total Solar Eclipse: August 11, 1999

For Students 4th - 5th
In this writing prompt worksheet, students learn about the date August 11, 1999 when the last total solar eclipse of the millennium crossed through many countries. Students then use pictures and words to create a diagram that explains...
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Big Kid Science

Eclipse Classroom Activities: Cultural Significance Project

For Teachers 1st - 12th Standards
What better way to celebrate eclipses than across cultures? Explore myths of solar and lunar eclipses from ancient cultures like the Chinese, Ancient Greek, Mesoamerican, Incan, Egyptian, Ancient Babylonian, and Middle Eastern. Learners...
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NASA

Eclipse Activity Guide

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Ever made solar s'mores? Or recreated the solar system using peanuts? Astronomers young and old investigate all things solar using a variety of activities. Explore how the sun works, types of light it emits, and methods of charting the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Eclipses

For Students 6th - 9th
In this eclipses instructional activity, 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.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Comparing Eclipses

For Students 4th - 8th
In this eclipses instructional activity, students will compare diagrams of a total solar eclipse with a total lunar eclipse. Students will complete 6 short answer questions based on these diagrams.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Solar Eclipse Presentation

For Students 8th - 10th
In this solar eclipse worksheet, students fill in the blanks with terms about the sun and its characteristics and the process of a solar eclipse.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Observation and Inference

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Assess your young scientists' understanding of the difference between observation and inference with this 20-question multiple choice quiz. It reviews a variety of physics and astronomy concepts, such as solar eclipses and sunspots, the...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Student Exploration: 2D Eclipse

For Students 4th - 6th
In this earthquake exploration worksheet, students complete 2 prior knowledge questions, then use "2D Eclipse Gizmo" to conduct several activities, completing short answer questions when finished.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Student Exploration: 3D Eclipse

For Students 4th - 8th
In this eclipse learning exercise, students complete a hands on activity where they simulate an eclipse and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 19 questions.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Curious? Will You Be Eclipsed?

For Students 4th
In this "Curious?  Will you be eclipsed?" activity, 4th graders answer 4 questions interactively about eclipses, then check answers online.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Earth's Moon

For Students 5th - 8th
In this moon learning exercise, students identify each phase of the moon and explain how solar and lunar eclipses occur. This learning exercise has 5 fill in the blank and 2 short answer questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Sun

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this space science worksheet, students identify and name which gases make up the sun and the name of the part of the sun that we can see from Earth. Then they describe a solar eclipse and draw a diagram illustrating what happens...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Tides, Eclipses, Day and Night, and Seasons

For Students 6th - 8th
In this earth science worksheet, students use the clues given at the bottom of the sheet to complete the crossword puzzle on tides, eclipses, day and night, and the seasons of the year. There are 17 clues to solve in the puzzle.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Eclipses

For Students 6th - 9th
In this eclipses activity, students read about solar and lunar eclipses to complete 8 short answer questions comparing the two types of eclipses.

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