Solar and Lunar Eclipses

An animation illustrating how the position of the Moon between the Sun and the Earth can cause a solar eclipse and the position of the Earth between the Sun and the Moon can cause a lunar eclipse.

I have many others of the same format; these can be seen by visiting my shop on the TES website (search: rtyler62).

If you buy this resource, please print the Readme document as it contains the instructions and details of the files included.

NOTE: MACROS MUST BE ENABLED FOR ALL POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS

Support material
Readme (instructions for whole lesson)
Learning outcomes (PowerPoint)
Starter activity (PowerPoint and worksheet)
Main ‘activity’ (PowerPoint presentation)
Assessment (worksheets with answer sheets - differentiated)
Lesson notes (handout – 2 x A5 on A4 paper)
Plenary activity (PowerPoint and worksheet)

Users and timings
It is intended for all science teachers but particularly those who are not physics specialists and is, primarily, aimed at 14 to 16 year old pupils. Normally, the activities would fill a 45 to 60 minute lesson but could easily be extended to two lessons.

Learning outcomes
The learning outcomes are based on Bloom’s taxonomy of hierarchical classification: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. The lesson title and learning outcomes are:

Why isn’t there a solar and lunar eclipse every month?

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge
To describe the features of solar and lunar eclipses.

Comprehension
To recognise how the orbit of the Moon around the Earth and the Earth around the Sun produces solar and lunar eclipses.

Differentiation
The activities have varying degrees of differentiation; please refer to the Readme document.