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Article
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tidal Curiosities

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustrated essay from the NOVA Web site answers questions about irregularities in the tides.
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Website
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Total Solar Eclipse

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides detailed information about solar eclipses, including what to watch for and how to view an eclipse, why an eclipse occurs, and various feature stories.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Space Place: What Causes the Seasons?

For Students 3rd - 7th
A fun resource that teaches students the reasons why Earth's four seasons happen they way they do.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Seasons

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn how and why seasons occur.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Solar Eclipses

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find out how solar eclipses occur.
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Primary
Other

On Hiatus: The Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
This commercial site [without any advertising] provides a diagram of the current illumination of the Moon, and the dates of the most recent and upcoming New, Quarter, and Full Moon phases. All dates and times are in universal Time, only.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Moon Phases

For Students 7th - 9th
Use the 5E model to explore moon phases.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Place: Lunar Eclipses and Solar Eclipses

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how the two types of eclpises occur.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Orbital Motion

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Orbital motion and why it occurs, and the orbits of the Earth around the sun and the moon around the Earth.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Lunar Eclipses

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discover how lunar eclipses occur.