Eclipses – My ideas and how they have developed.

Our Starting Ideas…

Investigate:
Use a torch, globe and ball (attached to string) to investigate how the position of the Earth, Sun and Moon
can lead to an eclipse.

Draw what you saw- Include some notes to help explain what you discovered.

Quick Write (2 minutes)

Prompts:

• When do eclipse occur

• How are solar and lunar eclipses different

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 What I know now

Solar Eclipses

Review – Make notes (4 minutes)

Prompts:

• Label the arrangement of the Earth, Sun and Moon

• Show the umbra and penumbra, explain the difference between these
• Why do solar eclipses not occur every month

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Lunar Eclipses
Review – Quick Write (4 minutes)
Prompts:

• Outline the arrangement of the Earth, Sun and Moon in a Lunar Eclipse.
• Explain the difference between umbral and penumbral shadow and how this affect the appearance of
the moon.
• Explain why lunar eclipses do not occur every month.

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Things I would still like to know….

Prompts:

• Is there anything you still don’t feel like you understand?

• Is there something you would like to know that we haven’t covered?

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