Give your classes a visual model of a rare phenomenon. Learners use an interactive activity to explore the connection of location, tilt, and size to the occurrence of an eclipse. Pupils consider both solar and lunar eclipses throughout the activity.

Concepts

eclipses, solar eclipses, the earth's orbit

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide questions for young scientists to consider as they manipulate the interactive activity

Classroom Considerations

• Assumes a basic understanding of the orbit of the moon
• Requires access to laptops with Flash Player capabilities

• This content requires Adobe Flash to view

Pros

• Visual representations provide different options of views depending on the purpose of your lesson
• Includes questions and solutions to help build an understanding of the concepts

Cons

• None