Solar

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Solar Lunar Eclipses Unit designed by Lisa
Witherington, Pulaski County School System, 2006

• 6th Grade GPS Standards Addressed
• S6E2 Students will understand the effects of
  the relative positions of the earth, moon, and
  sun.
• b. Explain the alignment of the earth, moon, and
  sun during solar and lunar eclipses.
• S6CS5 Students will use the ideas of system,
  model, change, and scale in exploring scientific
  and technological matters.
• b. Identify several different models (such as
  physical replicas, pictures, and analogies) that
  could be used to represent the same thing, and
  evaluate their usefulness, taking into account
  such things as the models purpose and complexity.

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Stepwise Instructional Task Worksheet 6th Grade
Science - Solar and Lunar Eclipses
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Wood and Styrofoam model of moon and earth on
rotating wooden plate to use as a model for
solar and lunar eclipses
(Model created by Lisa Mr. Witherington)
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Lunar Eclipse
EARTH
SUN
MOON
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Solar Eclipse
SUN
EARTH
MOON
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Eclipse model downloadable for free from Canon
3-D website http//cp.c-ij.com/english/3D-papercr
aft/science/s_1_eclipse_e.html
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