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Solar/Lunar Eclipse

Solar/Lunar Eclipse. Suggested Date: . Discussion What is being shown in the picture below? What causes this?. Do you know what these pictures represent? Can you tell the difference between them? Which of these eclipses can I not look directly at?. Eclipse: Projector Demonstration.

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Solar/Lunar Eclipse

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  1. Solar/Lunar Eclipse Suggested Date:

  2. DiscussionWhat is being shown in the picture below?What causes this?

  3. Do you know what these pictures represent?Can you tell the difference between them?Which of these eclipses can I not look directly at?

  4. Eclipse: Projector Demonstration • Screen=Earth • Projector=Sun • Teacher=Object between sun and Earth • Discussion: Why did the light from the projector disappear? • A shadow was cast on the screen! • In space, object can align to create shadows as well.

  5. Solar Eclipse http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2505/es2505page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization With a partner, label the sun, earth, and moon based on size. Draw the shadows that would exist based on the position of the sun. Then, fill in the blanks to the paragraph. Solar Eclipse: The Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth. The Moon casts a shadow on the Earth. A solar eclipse can happen during which one of the phases of the Moon? New Moon.

  6. Lunar Eclipse http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2504/es2504page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization • Explain that the moon looks red during totality because of sunlight bending as it passes through the Earth’s atmosphere. With a partner, label the sun, earth, and moon based on size. Draw the shadows that would exist based on the position of the sun. Then, fill in the blanks to the paragraph. Lunar Eclipse: The Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon. The Earth casts a shadow on the Moon. A lunar eclipse can happen during which one of the phases of the Moon? Full Moon

  7. Reflection Questions • Looking at the diagram and the sizes of the objects shown, how big is the shadow that falls on Earth during a solar eclipse? How big is the shadow that falls on the moon during a lunar eclipse? Which is bigger? SOLAR LUNAR

  8. Reflection Questions Using this information, are you able to see a solar eclipse everywhere on Earth? What about a lunar eclipse? Insert Video Clip

  9. Reflection Questions Thinking about what we know about the phases of the moon, during which phase of the moon can I see a solar eclipse? Lunar eclipse? Explain your reasoning.

  10. Reflection Questions • Why we don’t see eclipses every month? • Insert Video

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