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This document outlines the slides for a lesson on eclipses. It begins with an introduction and defines key terms like Sunday and month being related to the moon. Upcoming eclipses are noted, including a total solar eclipse on 3/20/2015. The geometry and causes of solar and lunar eclipses are explained, with the teacher modeling illustrations and having students complete a comparison table. Students then take a quiz on eclipses. The lesson closes with a student recap of key points like the differences between solar and lunar eclipses and the terms penumbra and umbra.

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This document outlines the slides for a lesson on eclipses. It begins with an introduction and defines key terms like Sunday and month being related to the moon. Upcoming eclipses are noted, including a total solar eclipse on 3/20/2015. The geometry and causes of solar and lunar eclipses are explained, with the teacher modeling illustrations and having students complete a comparison table. Students then take a quiz on eclipses. The lesson closes with a student recap of key points like the differences between solar and lunar eclipses and the terms penumbra and umbra.

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Slide 1

Greet the class and let them know todays topic


Slide 2
Call on a female student to read the question, then ask the students if anyone knows.
The word Sunday means day of the Sun, and it follows that Monday means day of the Moon. The word month
is derived from the Moons 29.5 day period. The Hebrew, Muslim, Chinese and other countries use lunar
calendars. The ancient Chinese believed that solar eclipses occur when a legendary celestial dragon devours
the Sun, and during lunar eclipses attacks the Moon. In many cultures they were believed to be the end of the
world or omens. Muslims have a special eclipse prayer.
Slide 3
The Blood Moon Tetrad is a very rare event in history that happens to coincide with Jewish religious holidays.
There are 2 lunar eclipses coming up this year one on April 4 and the other on Sept. 28.
Slide 4
Does anyone know what kind of eclipse this is? Total Solar Eclipse.
Slide 5
A total solar eclipse will happen on 3/20/2015, and 95% of the sunlight in some parts of Europe will be
blocked. Its feared that countries that depend heavily on solar power could be left in the dark.
Slide 6
Geometry of a solar eclipse. We see how light from the Sun is totally blocked by the Moon and 2 shadows
are cast off from it called Umbra and Penumbra.
Slide 7
Does anyone know what kind of eclipse this is? Annular Solar Eclipse, notice the ring of fire.
Slide 8
Geometry of an annular eclipse. Does anyone see whats different about this picture? The Moon is only
partially blocking the light from the Sun, there is no Umbra striking the Earth, and the Penumbra is not covering
the edges of the Earth.
Explanation of why some eclipses are Total and others Annular. Since the orbit of the Moon around the
Earth is an ellipse, the distance from the Earth to the Moon varies. When the Moon is further a solar eclipse will
be annular, when the Moon is nearer a solar eclipse will be total. Can someone tell me why that is? Because
the Moon is larger when it is nearer, and smaller when it is further from the Earth.
Slide 9
Call on a student to read what an Umbra is, and another for Penumbra. Are solar eclipses visible from
everywhere on the planet? No, only in places where the Umbra and Penumbra fall depending on the orbit of
the Moon and rotation of the Earth.
Slide 10
Does anyone know what kind of eclipse this is? Lunar Eclipse.
Slide 11
Geometry of a lunar eclipse. Are lunar eclipses visible from everywhere on the planet? Yes almost,
because the entire moon lies in the Umbra shadow of the Earth, but only viewers who are on the night side of
the earth will be able to see a full moon.
Slide 12
Call on 3 student to read each of the differences.
Model: teacher will model how to illustrate and label the solar and lunar eclipses, how to set up a table
to contrast the 2 eclipses, and how to set up a page for a quiz before the end of class. Let students know
that they can help the students sitting next to them with the sketch work and table. Let students know that they
can use color in their sketches and be as creative as they like, and that the table with three comparisons must
be filled out. Once everyone has completed the task in 15 minutes, everyone will then turn to the page
with the 2 questions and take a timed quiz.
Slide 13
Review of moon phases to remind students of what a Full Moon versus a New Moon is.
Slide 14
Quiz questions. Students have 10 minutes to answer the questions.
Closure: ask the students to recap what they have learned in todays lesson. What are the key differences
between a solar and lunar eclipse? What is a penumbra, and umbra? What are some of the reasons the
Moon is important to people throughout the world? Why are some solar eclipses Total and others
Annular?

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