Solar and Lunar Eclipses Activity Tides Worksheets

PERFECT FOR THE SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024! Teach your students about tides, lunar, and solar eclipses through a teacher presentation, notetaking activity, science worksheets, graphic organizers, and digital check-ins. Your students will learn about the characteristics of low, high, spring, and neap tides, as well as lunar and solar eclipses. In addition, students will understand the relationship between the Earth, moon, and sun. Also included are links to various NGSS approved simulations to deepen student understanding of tides and eclipses.

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This tides and eclipses lesson is aligned to NGSS MS-ESS1-1 : 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.

Students will learn:

• Characteristics of tides.
• Describe how low, high, spring, and neap tides occur.
• Characteristics of a lunar and solar eclipse.
• Describe how total and partial solar and lunar eclipses occur.

This tides and eclipses lesson includes:

• Teacher tips page: includes directions on using the resource, NGSS alignment, and simulations and ideas to extend student knowledge of tides and eclipses.
• Teacher presentations for tides and eclipses
• Student fill in note pages for tides
• 4-page reading on tides - includes comprehension questions.
• Student fill in note pages for eclipses
• 3-page reading on eclipses - includes comprehension questions.
• Graphic organizers: one page for tides and one page for eclipses.
• Digital Google Slides and Forms version of the activity
• 2 printable review worksheets
• Answer key

How to use this eclipses and tides activity in your classroom:

• Sub plans
• Teach students about the 2024 solar eclipse on April 8, 2024!
• Homework assignments
• Enrichment activity
• Science station
• Review activity
• Teacher presentation: Use this to introduce tides and eclipses to your students.
• Student note sheets: Students will fill in the notes as you discuss the different tides and solar and lunar eclipses.
• Reading worksheets: Use these for independent practice, review, or homework
• Graphic organizers: Perfect way to summarize learning

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