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Eclipse Science Digi Kit

Graphic for the American Association of Physics Teachers lesson on eclipse science.
Credit: AAPT
Levels
  • Intermediate (6-8)
  • Advanced (9-12+)
Material Type
  • Book
  • Interactive/Game/Simulation
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • Big Idea 1.1 – The Sun is really big…
NGSS
  • ESS1 - Earth's Place in the Universe
Heliophysics Topics
  • Solar Eclipse
  • Sun
Heliophysics Missions
  • Sounding Rocket
Material Cost per Learner Free
Language English

Using the Eclipse Science Digi Kit learners will configure the model to mimic the perfect Earth/Moon alignment that takes place during a total solar eclipse and compare relative proportions of the size of the shadow produced by their model to a NASA video of the shadow crossing Earth during a real solar eclipse.

For more information, click the link below:

https://www.compadre.org/books/EclipseScience