6-12 Lesson

Forms:

Teacher Checklist: All teachers who are escorting students to view the eclipse must go over this checklist. Make sure you read it ahead of time to comply with all things on the checklist.

Student Safety Contract: All students should sign this safety contract. Schools should go about the best way to do this.

Parent/Guardian Permission Form: All students should have their parents/guardians sign this form and then turn it in.

Teacher Background Information:

The Science Behind Eclipses - DESE tutorial

Photo Credit: NASA

Lessons:

Full Set of Eclipse Lessons from DESE (special thanks to Susan German) - these match up to the State Science Standards

p. 33 - Review Lesson
P. 39 - Lunar Eclipses
- p. 40 Part 1 - Patterns
- p. 42 Part 2 - Shadows
  - Activity 1 - How does light travel?
  - Activity 2 - How do shadows change size?
p. 55 - Solar Eclipses
p. 57 Cross-curricular Integration
- p. 57 Reading/ELA
- p. 59 Math and Science
  - Gather Information - Solar System Animation
  - What about effects?
  - Reasoning - Predicting Solar Eclipses
  - Communicate - Example Claims

Why Do Eclipses Happen? The Yardstick Eclipse Demonstration Activity (NASA website)

Total Solar Eclipse: The Physics of Light (NASA)

National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE) - Eclipse Lessons

Eclipse Activities - Dan Burns

Pinhole Pictures
Anti-Pinholes
Sunball Selfies
Light-bending Bucket
Wineglass Bottom Demo
Plus more resources
1. - Coin-in-cup activity: https://youtu.be/s3EK1lGkf2s
  - Build a spacetime simulator: https://youtu.be/2JOf1ub9US0
  - Pinhole projectors: https://skyandtelescope.org/observing/celestial-objects-to-watch/how-to-watch-a-partial-solar-eclipse-safely/
  - Viewing solar eclipses: https://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/how-to-view-eclipse
  - Measure the Sun’s diameter: https://www.education.com/science-fair/article/measuring-sun-diameter/
  - Projecting a solar image with a mirror: http://www3.eng.cam.ac.uk/~hemh1/transit.htm
  - Eclipse chalk art activity: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/2711/eclipse-chalk-art/
  - NASA Eclipse Activity Guide pdf: https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/static/img/eclipse-kit/NASA_Eclipse_Activity_Guide.pdf
  - Cereal Box Eclipse Viewer pdf: https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/static/img/k-12-formal-education/EclipseCerealBoxViewer.pdf

Extra resource from Savvas: Take and Teach: The 2024 Solar Eclipse.

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