Friday, August 18, 2017

The Eclipse!

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Total Eclipse of the Sun
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We are beginning our year with a unique opportunity to conduct inquiry science.  Thanks to links provided by the Granite School District Office of Science, NASA and NSTA we are able to provide you a lot of information about the eclipse.  

Other Ideas for teaching the eclipse include
Culture explanations of eclipses
Geometry
Architecture
Astronomy
Poetry 
Current Events 
Historical Eclipses

This lesson will...
  • Develop inquiry practice through predictions and observations of the eclipse
  • Discuss safety and consequences for solar eclipse viewing
  • Read article about Eclipse
  • Afternoon classes record observations of eclipse and read article with reading strategy

    This lesson will...
  • Introduce inquiry through the Drops on a Penny Lab
  • Make a prediction about drops on a penny
  • Collect data on drops in ad hoc groups
  • Report data as a class
  • Groups make changes to the experiment to test different variables or repeat results.  Due next class. 
Drops on a Penny Investigation
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