Your Teachers

Ms. Diaz & Mr. Harvey

Solar Eclipse
First Contact
Moon Shadow
Totality

Ready To Learn?
 A Solar Eclipse happens
when one object in
space, like the Earth’s
moon, blocks seeing
another object in space.

Fast Fact: Other planets and the stars can be seen during
the daytime during a Total Solar Eclipse.
 The very beginning of
the Solar Eclipse, when
the moon first starts to
cover the Sun, is called
First Contact.

Fast Fact: Today’s Total Solar Eclipse is the first one since
26 February 1979.
 The inside part of the
shadow as the Moon
passes over the Sun
during an Eclipse is
called Moon Shadow
or Umbra.
Fast Fact: It will take only about 90 minutes for the Moon’s
Shadow, which travels at nearly 1,000 miles per hour, to
move across the United States from Oregon to S. Carolina.
Solar Eclipse Totality happens when the
Moon is directly in front of the Sun.

Fast Facts:

1. The last Total Solar Eclipse in the United States was February 26th,
1979.
2. The ‘Glowing Ring’ is the Sun’s outer atmosphere, and is over
3,6000,00 Degrees HOT!
Never, Ever Look Directly at the Sun or
at an Eclipse without proper eye
protection…

It Will Hurt Your Eyes!

 What is a Total Solar Eclipse?

Can you explain First Contact?

What does Moon Shadow/Umbra mean?

What should you Never, Ever Do?

Great Job!