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NASA

Nasa: Solar and Lunar Eclipses

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on solar and lunar eclipses for current year as well as past and future.
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Website
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Total Solar Eclipse July 22, 2009

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch webcast coverage of a total eclipse of the sun. Slideshows and animations explain how this exceptional space event takes place.
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Website
Scientific American

Scientific American: It's Back! Total Solar Eclipse Hits Skies

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover information about the solar eclipse of the moon cutting between the Earth and the Sun in July 2008. [July 2008]
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial students will explore what it is like on the Moon. Learn why the shape of the Moon seem to change and also about lunar eclipses. Discover why the tide changes twice a day and explore how the cycle of the Moon...
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Website
NASA

Goddard Education: Eclipse 99

For Students 9th - 10th
Information is provided about the eclipse of 1999; in addition, facts about elcipses throughout history are also included.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: The Space Place

For Students 4th - 6th
Do you know what a solar eclipse is? Or how about a galaxy? Space Place has the answers to all your questions about space! Site includes information to explore about planets, satellites, moons, and much more. Also on the website are...
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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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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Hey Moon, You're Blocking My Sun!

For Students 1st - 3rd
Learn the science behind what happens during a solar eclipse. Includes audio accompaniment as well as an animation.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "What Is an Eclipse?" by Nasa

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Activity
National Geographic

National Geographic: Build a Solar Eclipse Viewer

For Students K - 1st
This lesson focuses on How can you safely view a solar eclipse and solar activity? It provides step-by-step instructions for building the viewer and how to use it properly. It also provides a video and informational slides.
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Website
Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Systems: Eclipses

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out about the differences between solar and lunar eclipses and what causes both events to occur.
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Website
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Eclipse 2001 the View From Zambia

For Students 9th - 10th
On Thursday, June 21, 2001, a total solar eclipse sped across the Southern Hemisphere, and this site has highlights of the eclipse captured on tape.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Exploration of Shadows: Earth, Moon, Sun System: Moon Phases Eclipses

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A guided inquiry where middle schoolers participate in the simulation of moon phases and eclipses.
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Handout
Other

Eclipses Online: Solar & Lunar Eclipses

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource explores both solar and lunar eclipses from the past, the present, and the future. It gives detailed explanations to where the eclipse was and when it will happen again. Enter a year in the search box to find eclipse...
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Handout
Other

Eclipses Online

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource explores both solar and lunar eclipses from the past, the present, and the future. It gives detailed explanations to where the eclipse was and when it will happen again. Enter a year in the search box to find information...
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NASA

Nasa: Central Solar Eclipse Paths: 1991 2050

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides links to maps and path coordinates for every solar eclipse from 1991 through 2050.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Our Solar System: The Moon

For Students 3rd - 5th
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the moon. It discusses the moon's phases, its rotation, and characteristics of the moon.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Eye Safety During Solar Eclipses

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource, which is provided for by NASA, gives great information on protecting your eyes during solar eclipses. Your eyes are very difficult to replace. Even when 99% of the Sun's surface is obscured during the partial phases of a...
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eBook
NASA

Nasa: Space Place: Venus Crosses the Sun

For Students 3rd - 8th
Animations, videos, and informational text illustrating the natural phenomena of different types of eclipses.
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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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Website
NASA

Nasa: Imagine the Universe: The Sun

For Students 3rd - 8th
Site discusses the regions of the Sun's atmosphere such as the Photosphere, Chromosphere, and Corona. Provides sources for educators as well as additional links for students.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Ever Changing Sky

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares observable aspects of the sun and the moon. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Partial Eclipse

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Marcus who wanted to learn about and watch an eclipse. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Eclipses

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An animation and short quiz about eclipses.