Comparing Eclipses

by: Page Keeley and Cary Sneider

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about eclipse phenomena. The probe is designed to determine if students have a mental model of the Earth-Sun-Moon system that allows them to figure out why we see more eclipses of the Moon than of the Sun.

Grade Levels

Elementary High School Middle School

Topics

5E Astronomy Earth & Space Science Science and Engineering Practices

Details

Type Book ChapterPub Date 3/23/2012Stock # PB307X_21

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