Use this Science Friday activity to help students learn about the upcoming solar eclipse. Use the audio story below for the activity.
WHAT CAN ASTRONOMERS STUDY DURING A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE?
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Science — Earth and Space Science
Grade Level
Grades 6-12
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Activity, Handout
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Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards
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Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6–8 texts and topics.
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9–10 texts and topics.
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 11–12 texts and topics.
Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text.
Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.
Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
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