Name: ______________________________ Period: ___________ Date: _______________

1.3 Eclipses
Activity #1: Do NOW F
​ ill in the missing blanks below
Draw the Moon Phase Name the Moon Phase Sun-earth-moon position

New Moon

Waning Crescent

Third Quarter

 
 
 
 
 

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Activity #2: D
​ raw It!
Solar Eclipse 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lunar Eclipse 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
Activity #3: Eclipse Background​ ​Watch ​How Eclipses Changed History​ and answer the questions: 
Along the path of totality, the birds will _____________, the temperature will ______________, the wind will _______________ and
the stars will ________________________.

1300 B.C. Eclipses inspired the first astronomers

1. Where does the oldest surviving record of an eclipse come from? Where was it carved?

2. A lot of ancient stories from America, to Scandinavia to India refer to the sun as what?

130 B.C. Eclipses measure the distance to the moon

1. What did Hipparchus do?

1715 AD Eclipses prove Newton right

1. What did newton figure out?
2. When and where did Edmund Halley predict the next eclipse would happen?
3. Was he correct?

1859 AD Eclipses destroy the planet Vulcan

1. The two planets that had unexpected wobbles (orbits) were __________________________
2. What did they name the planet pulling on Uranus?

3. What did they name the supposed planet pulling on Mercury?

1919 AD Eclipses prove Einstein right

1. WHat was Einstein’s theory?

NOW Eclipses revela secrets of the sun

1. Scientists found evidence of an unknown element and called it____________

2. Why do scientists today still observe eclipses? 

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Activity #4: Read It! Solar and Lunar Eclipses  
An ​eclipse​ happens when a planet or moon gets in the way of the sun’s light. Here on CATCH Annotate CFS
Earth, we can experience two kinds of eclipses: ​solar eclipses​ and ​lunar eclipses​.
❏ Highlightevidnece to support
Solar Eclipse answer to question
A ​solar eclipse​ happens when the ❏ Circle 2 unknown words
moon is in between the Sun and the ❏ Ask 1 question OR make 1
Earth. The moon casts its shadow on
connection
Earth. That means during the day, the
moon moves over the sun and it gets ❏ Answer ​Thinking Questions
dark. Isn’t it strange that it gets dark in the middle of the day?
Where do you have to be in order 
1.​
In this picture, the moon is covering up the sun in the middle of the day. This total solar
eclipse was visible from the northern tip of Australia on November 13, 2012. Image
to see a ​solar eclipse​? 
courtesy of Romeo Durscher. _______________________________
_______________________________
But not everyone experiences every solar eclipse.
Getting a chance to see a total solar eclipse is rare. The
moon’s shadow on Earth isn’t very big, so only a small
portion of places on Earth will see it. You have to be on
How often does a ​solar eclipse 
2. ​
the sunny side of the planet when it happens. You also happen? 
have to be in the path of the moon’s shadow. On
______________________________
average, the same spot on Earth only gets to see a
solar eclipse for a few minutes about every 375 years! _______________________________
The last solar eclipse happened last year on August 21, 2017.
_______________________________
Caution!
● Never look directly at the sun, even for a second! It will damage your
eyesight forever!
● To view a solar eclipse, use special solar viewing glasses. Get them from a
3. ​ Why is it so rare?
camera store or online. _______________________________
● SUNGLASSES DO NOT WORK, EVEN IF YOU STACK MANY OF THEM
TOGETHER.
_______________________________
_______________________________
Lunar Eclipse
During a ​lunar eclipse​, Earth is in between the Sun and the moon. That means that during
the night, a full moon fades away as Earth’s shadow covers it up. Why does the moon look reddish 
4. ​

The moon can also look ​reddish​ because Earth’s atmosphere absorbs
sometimes?
the other colors while it bends some sunlight toward the moon. Sunlight _______________________________
bending through the atmosphere and absorbing other colors is also
why sunsets are orange and red. _______________________________

During a total lunar eclipse, the moon is shining from all

_______________________________
the sunrises and sunsets occurring on Earth!

Why don’t we see a lunar eclipse 

5. ​
The moon appears
orange-red in a every month?
total lunar eclipse _______________________________
on October 27,
2004. _______________________________
_______________________________

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Why don’t we have a lunar eclipse every month? 6. An easy way to remember the
difference of a solar and lunar eclipse
You might be wondering why we don’t have a lunar eclipse every month as the moon
orbits Earth. It’s true that the moon goes around Earth every month, but it doesn’t always is ...
get in Earth’s shadow. The moon’s path around Earth is tilted compared to Earth’s orbit
around the sun. The moon can be behind Earth but still get hit by light from the sun. ______________________________
_______________________________
In this diagram, you can see that the moon’s orbit around Earth is at a tilt. This is why we _______________________________
don’t get a lunar eclipse every month. This diagram is not to scale: the moon is much
farther away from Earth than shown here.

Because they don’t happen every month, a lunar eclipse is a special event. Unlike solar
eclipses, lots of people get to see each lunar eclipse. If you live on the nighttime half of
Earth when the eclipse happens, you’ll be able to see it. The next lunar eclipse will take
place on January 31, 2018.

Remembering the Difference

It’s easy to get these two types of eclipses mixed up. An easy way to remember the
difference is in the name. The name tells you what gets darker when the eclipse happens.
In a ​solar eclipse​, the ​sun gets darker​. In a ​lunar eclipse​, the ​moon gets darker​.

 
Activity #5: Watch It! Solar Eclipse
Directions:​Watch the ​Solar Eclipse Video​ ​and answer the questions below:

1. When does a solar eclipse happen? 2. Why isn’t there an eclipse every month?
_____________________________________ ________________________________________
_____________________________________ ________________________________________
_____________________________________ ________________________________________

3. There are 4 types of solar eclipses. List 4. When does a solar eclipse happen?
all 4 and describe each. ________________________________________
● _______________________________ ________________________________________
______________________________ ________________________________________
● _______________________________
______________________________ 5. What is totality? How long does it last?
● _______________________________ ________________________________________
_______________________________ ________________________________________
● _______________________________ ________________________________________
_______________________________

 
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Activity #6: Watch It! Lunar Eclipse 
Directions:​ Watch the​ ​Lunar Eclipse Video​ and answer the questions below:

1. When does a lunar eclipse happen? 2. Why don’t the moon, Sun, and Earth always
_____________________________________ align in a straight line?
_____________________________________ ________________________________________
_____________________________________ ________________________________________
________________________________________

3. There are 3 types of solar eclipses. List 4. How many lunar eclipses happen every
all 3 and describe each. year?
● _______________________________ ________________________________________
______________________________ ________________________________________
● _______________________________ ________________________________________
______________________________
● _______________________________ 5. What will happen one day billions of years from
_______________________________ now?
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________

 
 
​Based on the videos and the reading, ​in 3-5 sentences explain the difference between a solar and
lunar eclipse is:
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________ 
________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________ 

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Activity #7: Life Cycle of a Star  
Watch ​The Life Cycle of a Star Video​ ​ and answer the questions below: 

1. Where do the life cycles for stars begin?

2. How does a star form according to expert Martha Boyer?

3. What are the 2 most important properties of a star?

4. What color will the cooler stars be?

5. What color will the hotter stars be?

6. The brighter starts are usually the ____________ massive stars.

7. The dimmer stars are usually the ______________ massive stars.

8. Just by these 2 parameters, you can tell a lot about a star. What are 5 things you can learn
about a star?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

9. How old is our sun?

10. How will our sun’s life cycle play out? Whats going to happen to our sun?

11. WHat happens to the material of a dead star?

12. What does all this mean for us? What is our connection to the cosmos?

 
 
 
 
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Activity #8: Stars Virtual Simulation  
1. Watch​ ​video directions here
2. Go to ​Stars Simulation Link

Star Elements Brightness Temperature Spectral Star Color

Present (K) Class
Letter

Draw, color, and label the H-R Diagram here:

Analysis Questions
1. What is known about stars that are placed on the left side of the H-R diagram?

2. What is known about stars that are placed toward the top of the H-R diagram?

3. What is known about stars that is placed toward the bottom of the H-R diagram?

4. How does the chemical content of a star affect its position on the H-R diagram?

5. How does the brightness of a star affect its position on the H-R diagram?

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Activity #9: Vocab
1. Click on the following link ​Dictionary Link​ to find definitions to fill out vocabulary chart below.

WORD DEFINITION IMAGE

1. Nebula

2. Red giant

3. White dwarf

5. Black Hole

Activity #10: Watch It!​Watch ​Bill Nye The Sun ​ and Complete notes below as you watch

1. Our sun is a _______________.

2. Our sun is ______________________________ kilometers away.
3. Our sun is very hot. It is __________________ degrees Celsius
4. _________________________ Earths will fit inside of the sun.
5. The sun looks small because it is so __________ _______________.
6. At the core the sun is__________________ degrees Celsius.
7. All energy that we use comes from the____________.
8. Humans get energy from the sun from ______________
9. ____________________________________________make electricity from sunlight.
10. If the ___________ blocks the _____________ solar eclipse happens.
11. You should never look directly at the sun. It could make you go ____________.
12. Instead of looking at the sun you could use a ____________________________
______________________.
13. _____________ ___________________Burns at 10,000 degrees Celsius.
14. The sun makes 3 quintillion times as much_________________ as your house uses.
15. The _______________________- rays from the sun cause damage to the skin.
16. SPF stands for ______________ ________________ ____________________.
17. ______________ Watts of energy land on every square inch of Earth.
18. The sun gets its energy from continuous _______________________________.
19. A ____________ ______________ is a slightly cooler part of the sun.
20. Sunspots happen in cycles of every ___ years.
21. Without ___________________we couldn’t live here.

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