Eclipse Natural Phenomena grades 5-8
Overview
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?
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