Eclipse
Posted by Faith BarbutoThis week we have been learning about things in the night sky. We started with a moon craft made by painting on black paper with a salt water solution that turned white when dry. We also learned about what makes day and night in preparation for the big event on Monday, the solar eclipse! Students all took turns being the orbiting Earth while another student playing the light giving sun shone a flashlight on them. Through this activity we experienced why some parts of the earth see light while others are in darkness. To create a visual representation of the solar eclipse we started by cutting out a white circle and taping it to a blue paper. Then each child traced around the circle with a yellow or white piece of chalk. Smudging the chalk was the fun part! We removed the paper and were left with what the sun will look like when the moon is in front of it during the solar eclipse on Monday.
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