Eclipses
Materials
Activity Directions
Quizizz Link: https://quizizz.com/join/quiz/5f19ff47729ae8001b7c4453/start?studentShare=true
- Flashlight
- A large ball
- A small ball
- Play-Doh
- 2 Wooden Skewers or Popsicle Sticks
- Tape
Activity Directions
- Watch the Crash Course Video on eclipses linked below.
- Test your understanding of eclipses by playing a fun Quizizz game!
- Perform the Eclipses activity (Note: The experiment video linked below also walks you through the activity.)
- Start by taping the large and small balls to each skewer.
- The large ball represents the Earth and the small ball represents the Moon.
- Prop the flashlight up against a raised platform and turn it on so that the light hits a bare wall.
- The flashlight represents the Sun and the light given off by the Sun.
- Use the Play-Doh to form a stand and stick each skewer into the Play-Doh so that the structures stand up.
- Place the Earth model at least a foot away, in front of the flashlight.
- Then, take your model of the Moon and place it directly in between the flashlight and the Earth model.
- This models a solar eclipse! Try identifying why only a certain place on Earth can be in the umbra during a solar eclipse. Also try experimenting by moving the Moon to different places in its orbit around Earth and identify how the shadow cast on Earth changes as a response.
- Then, move the models so that the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon.
- This models a lunar eclipse! Experiment again with the positions to see how a lunar eclipse looks different from a solar eclipse!
- Have fun experimenting!
- Start by taping the large and small balls to each skewer.
Quizizz Link: https://quizizz.com/join/quiz/5f19ff47729ae8001b7c4453/start?studentShare=true
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Suggested Videos:
Crash Course Astronomy Video: https://youtu.be/PRgua7xceDA
Experiment Video: https://youtu.be/FbPgrEOJhdM
Crash Course Astronomy Video: https://youtu.be/PRgua7xceDA
Experiment Video: https://youtu.be/FbPgrEOJhdM
Published 7.24.2020