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Understanding Lunar Eclipses

Levels
  • Intermediate (6-8)
  • Advanced (9-12+)
Material Type
  • Film/Documentary/Show
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • Big Idea 1.1 – The Sun is really big…
NGSS
  • ESS1 - Earth's Place in the Universe
  • PS2 - Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Heliophysics Topics
  • Lunar Eclipse
Material Cost per Learner Free
Language English

This ~2 minute video from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) shows several visualizations of what Earth's shadow would look like from space during a lunar eclipse.