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Vocabulary
Solar Eclipse - An eclipse where the sun is blocked by the moon.
Star - a giant ball of hot gases that gives off light and heat (the sun is a star)
planet - a large object that orbits around a star, like the earth orbits around the sun
Umbra - Full Shadow the darkest part of the moon's shadow, casting complete darkness during a total eclipse
Penumbra - A lighter part of the moon's shadow, creating a partial eclipse with reduced sunlight but not total darkness
Totality - The duration of total obstruction during the eclipse
Path of totality - The path traced on the Earth's surface by the moon's shadow (more precisely, the umbra) during a total eclipse of the sun.
Corona - the outer atmosphere of the sun or another star.
Who Ate the Sun?
Who Ate the Sun?
Open the class by reading Who Ate The Sun?
Ask
What is a Solar Eclipse?
What do you think we will experience?
What do you think people in the past thought when it went pitch dark in the middle of the day? (Discuss various fables)
If you didn't know this was going to happen, would it be scary? Why?
How do you think the flowers will respond?
How do you think the animals will respond?
Demonstrate with a model how the earth moves around the sun and the moon moves around earth. What will this model need to look like for a total solar eclipse?
Hey Moon, Do you want to play hide and Seek?
Hey Moon, Do you want to play hide and Seek?
Observing a total solar eclipse can be an exciting, once in a life time experience! Long before cameras or telescopes, eclipse watchers recorded what they saw in the sky in words, drawings, and paintings. You can have fun creating your own picture of a solar eclipse with chalk and paper. What do you thin the total eclipse will look like?
Eclipse Chalk Art
Eclipse Chalk Art
How do Solar Eclipses Work?
How do Solar Eclipses Work?
Design Challenge:
Design Challenge:
Solar Shelter
Solar Shelter
Can you build a shelter to protect from ultraviolet light from the sun? What fable could you tell about this shelter if you didn't know a solar eclipse was happening?
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