Monday, September 14, 2015

3rd Grade-Week 5 Solar and Lunar Eclipses

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There will be a lunar eclipse on September 27, 2015. To learn more about lunar eclipses before our Week 5 lesson, click here .

5th Lab Session Week

This week we will be learning about how solar and lunar eclipses happen. We will also be reviewing how the four season occur on Earth.

When is the next solar and lunar eclipse in Los Angeles? Click here

Concept: The Sun and the Moon-Eclipses
Investigation: How do solar and lunar eclipses happen?
Homework: Crossword Puzzle study guide for the Vocabulary Quiz

·      Vocabulary
1.    Eclipse
2.    Orbit
3.    Lunar Eclipse
4.    Solar Eclipse
·      Brain Pop- “How Eclipses Happen







lunar eclipse
solar eclipse
Partial solar eclipse from Venice, CA on May 20, 2012.


Partial solar eclipse from Beijing, China on July 22, 2009.


Partial solar eclipse from Brentwood Science Magnet on October 23, 2014.
Partial solar eclipse from Brentwood Science Magnet on October 23, 2014.
Partial lunar eclipse from Venice, CA on April 4, 2015.
Partial lunar eclipse from Venice, CA on September 27, 2015.
Partial lunar eclipse from Venice, CA on September 27, 2015.

4d. Students know that Earth is one of several planets that orbit the Sun and that the Moon orbits Earth.
5d. Students will predict the outcome of a simple investigation and compare the result with the prediction.

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