Solar Eclipse on 13-14 November 2012

Wonder of an Eclipse

You will NEED:

• A4 paper
• Coloured pencils
• Crayons

1.  Write a poem about what you have predicted for the eclipse of the Sun.

2.  You can work alone or with a partner.

3.  The lines in your poem can rhyme or need not rhyme (free verse).

4.  For inspiration, look for pictures, slides and films of eclipse of the Sun.  You can surf the Internet too.

5.  Write a suitable title for your poem.

6.  Write your poem on a drawing paper.

7.  Decorate the poem with pictures and photographs.  You could also use your computer skills to present your poem in any way you like.

8.  Present your poem to your class.

Who hide the moon?

You will NEED: Search light, basket ball, tennis ball, chalk


1.  Go to a school hall or a large empty classroom.

2.  Form groups of three pupils.

3.  Use a piece of chalk to draw on the floor the orbit of the:

     (a)  Moon round the Earth
     (b)  Earth round the Sun

4.  Have one pupil each to play the role of the Sun, the Earth and the Moon.

     (a)  Pupil A holds a search light (the "Sun") and stands in a fixed position facing the orbits.
     (b)  Pupil B holds a basket ball (the "Earth").
     (c)  Pupil C holds a tennis ball (the "Moon").

5.  Switch on the search light and close all the doors and windows.

6.  Shine the search light on the "Earth" and observe its shadow.

7.  Revolve the "Moon" round the "Earth" until the "Earth" is between the "Moon" and the "Sun" and they are all in a straight line.

• Does the Moon appear dark?
• During an eclipse of the Moon, what is the role of the Earth?
• State the arrangement of the Moon, the Earth and the Sun during an eclipse of the Moon.

Exercise II

Answer all questions.  (Send your answers by email)

1.  Diagram below show a simulation carried out by a group of students to show the eclipse of the Moon.

(a)  What do P, Q and R represent?

       P: _________________
       Q:_________________
       R:_________________

(b)  Shade the dark portions of Q, S and T when the ball is moved around P.

(c)  Based on the simulation, how should P, Q and R be positioned to get the results as shown in S?

      Position 1: _______________________________________
      Position 2: _______________________________________

(d)  What inferences can you make from this simulation that shows conditions for the eclipse of the Moon to occur?

      Condition 1: ______________________________________

      Condition 2: ______________________________________



2.  Diagram below shows the sequence of an eclipse of the Sun.

(a)  Complete the diagram by shading the dark areas.

(b)  What inferences can you make from the diagram at

      (i)  B? : ________________________________________

      (ii) D? : ________________________________________
   
      (iii) F?: ________________________________________

(c)  Based on the eclipse of the Sun, state two characteristics of light that enable the eclipse to occur.

      1.  ________________________________________________

      2.  ________________________________________________

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