Talk about an amazing view! A fascinating resource from a larger series exploring space boasts not one, but four different views of the total solar eclipse of 2017. Pupils read a short passage that describes each of the views, then discuss their observations from the simulations.

Concepts

the moon, the sun, the earth, eclipses, solar eclipses, shadows, north america, making observations, sunlight, nasa

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Ask learners to create small models of the Earth, moon, and sun and demonstrate their positions during a solar eclipse
• Have students select other towns in North America that experienced the total solar eclipse and research them to find video clips of the occurrence 
  

Classroom Considerations

• Viewers should be familiar with basic astronomy terms and concepts before watching the simulations
  

Pros

• Terrific teaching tips include more guiding questions and ideas for further developing the lesson
• The time lapse video of the moon's shadow approaching a town is very impactful
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.6-8.2