2024 Solar Eclipse Activities and Worksheets | Grades 3 - 5

Get ready to take your students on an unforgettable journey to learn about and view a total solar eclipse with this comprehensive set of eclipse activities, readings, and worksheets for students in grades 3 - 5! Be ready for the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 Don’t miss your opportunity!

This resource includes a variety of activities that are designed to be used before, during, and after the eclipse. With these materials, your students will have a complete understanding of what causes an eclipse, how to view it safely, and the different types of eclipses that can occur. This unit includes hands on activities to learn how eclipses form, a diy pinhole eclipse viewer to safely observe the eclipse, a research assignment to learn the details about viewing the eclipse in your city, a classroom banner to decorate for the historic event, and a reflection page for all the wonderful memories.

What is included:

Setting Up the Classroom & Party Planning:

• Eclipse Banner
• Solar Eclipse Posters
• Word Wall Cards (Great printed on bright paper)
• Party Planning Letter to Parents - plus link to editable google doc
• Eclipse Games Ideas

Learn about Eclipses:

Solar Eclipse Vocabulary List with Definitions

Vocabulary worksheet with Key

Create a Solar Eclipse Hand on Activities

Reading Passage – Solar Eclipses + Questions

Make an Earth, Moon, Sun Spinner

Eclipse ”Find the Facts” about viewing in your area

Eclipse Stories from Around the World: Read and create own myth.

During the Eclipse: Make an Eclipse Pinhole Viewer

After the Eclipse: Eclipse Memory Page.