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Experience a Solar Eclipse Lesson PlanExperience a Solar Eclipse Lesson Plan
Publisher
PBS
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
3 hrs
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Technology
Video
Internet Access
Year
2018
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Experience a Solar Eclipse

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This Experience a Solar Eclipse lesson plan also includes:
  • An Annular Eclipse Image
  • Experience a Solar Eclipse – Printable
  • Eclipse over America — Predicting Eclipses
  • Why Isn't There an Eclipse Every Month?
  • Phases of a Total Solar Eclipse
  • The Moon's Shadow During the 2017 Eclipse
  • Eclipse over America — Relatives Sizes and Distances of the Sun and the Moon
  • Reactions to a Total Solar Eclipse
  • Sample Answers for The Tilt of the Moon’s Orbit Visualize It
  • Sample Answers for Modeling the Earth–Sun–Moon System Visualize It
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Didn't catch the last solar eclipse? Now every day can be eclipse day, thanks to an interactive lesson from PBS' Space series for middle schoolers! The well-rounded multi-media experience includes video clips, an interactive, and background reading.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

solar eclipses, the earth, the moon, the sun, the solar system, the earth's axis, rotations, the earth's orbit, orbiting, the earth's tilt

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Perform the modeling activity after the video to give students a sense of the sun-moon-Earth interaction
  • Show the portion of the video that includes people's reactions to the eclipse as an opener for instant engagement

Classroom Considerations

  • Before beginning the lesson, make sure pupils understand that the moon does not give off its own light
  • Individuals need computers with Internet access for three class periods

Pros

  • Amazing images give the activity a big wow factor
  • Supplemental materials are easy to locate and well-written

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RST.6-8.2

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