Eclipse Natural Phenomena grades 5-8

Every once in a while, the sun just completely disappears for a short period of time, even on sunny days.  Before there was a lot of cool astronomy and science out there, ancient civilizations had no idea what was happening in the sky!  They thought a wild animal had eaten the sun! How scary do you think that would be?

Index:

• Introduction
  Announcements
• Intro
• General
• Sharper Shadows: The sun as a point source of light
• Look West! Here Comes the Umbra!
• Eclipse Art, Creative Imaging and Viewing of the Partial Phases
• Observing and Documenting Reactions of People, Animals and Birds
• History and Legends about Eclipses
• Solar Eclipses from Space
• What did you learn about eclipse phenomenon?
• Send a Postcard to Space!