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Eclipses

Part 1: Lunar Eclipse - Exploration

Your challenge is to have your head (Earth) cast a shadow onto the foam ball (moon). Work with the materials until you complete your challenge.
After you complete the challenge, draw where the light bulb (sun), your head (Earth), and the foam ball (moon) were in relation to each other.

Lunar Eclipse - Exploration

Your challenge is to have your head (Earth) cast a shadow onto the foam ball (moon). Work with the materials until you complete your challenge.
After you complete the challenge, draw where the light bulb (sun), your head (Earth), and the foam ball (moon) were in relation to each other.

You just modeled a lunar eclipse.

Lunar Eclipse - Simulation

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Eclipses

Solar Eclipse - Exploration

Your challenge is to have the foam ball (moon) cast a shadow onto your head (the Earth.), blocking out the light bulb (the sun). Work with the materials until you complete your challenge.
After you complete the challenge, draw where the light bulb (sun), your head (Earth), and the foam ball (moon) were in relation to each other.

Solar Eclipse - Exploration

Your challenge is to have the foam ball (moon) cast a shadow onto your head (the Earth.), blocking out the light bulb (the sun). Work with the materials until you complete your challenge.
After you complete the challenge, draw where the light bulb (sun), your head (Earth), and the foam ball (moon) were in relation to each other.

You just modeled a solar eclipse.

Solar Eclipse - Simulation

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Eclipses

Claims & Evidence

Using your materials, explore the statements below and decide if you agree or disagree. Use evidence from this activity to support your claim.

You hear one of your friends say, “Lunar eclipses can occur during all phases of the moon: new, full, first quarter, and third quarter.”

You hear one of your friends say, “It is impossible to have a solar eclipse with a full moon.”

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