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Solar and Lunar Eclipses

  • Grade 4
  • Science
  • 1 min 8 s
  • British Columbia
  • BC4-SC-14

When the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, its shadow falls on a small part of Earth and people there see the Moon hide the Sun: a solar eclipse. When Earth is between the Sun and the Moon, Earth's shadow falls on the Moon and the Moon can look red: a lunar eclipse.

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The question this lesson answers

What is an eclipse?

The Sun gives off its own light.

Transcript

What the lesson says

What is an eclipse?

The Sun gives off its own light.

The Moon travels around Earth.

Earth and the Moon block sunlight, so they cast shadows.

Sometimes the Moon moves right between the Sun and Earth.

The Moon's shadow falls on a small part of Earth.

People there see the Moon hide the Sun.

This is called a solar eclipse.

Never look straight at the Sun, because it can hurt your eyes.

Other times, Earth is right between the Sun and the Moon.

Then Earth's shadow falls on the Moon.

The Moon can look red.

This is called a lunar eclipse.

Many Indigenous peoples have their own stories about eclipses.

An eclipse happens when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Grade 4

Science, Earth science: the effects of the relative positions of the sun, moon, and Earth including local First Peoples perspectivesBC4-SC-14

Previous: Tides: How the Moon Pulls on the Ocean

The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.

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