Estimating the Speed of the Lunar Shadow Activity

A satellite image of Earth, taken my the EPIC instrument aboard the DSCOVR mission, 1 million miles from Earth. This image captures the Moon's shadow over North America during the total solar eclipse on August 17, 2017.
Levels
  • intermediate
NGSS
  • ps2
  • ess1
Requirements
  • low_tech
  • low_cost
Big Ideas
  • big_ideas_1.1
Helio Topics
  • solar_eclipse
Helio Missions
  • dscovr
CreditNASA
Language
  • english

Calculate the speed of the lunar shadow across Earth during a solar eclipse. 5 math problems created by a NASA scientist, using data collected during the 2017 eclipse across the US.

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