• Lunar Eclips

5th Grade Science:  Light and Speed Spread
Chapter: 1 Page: 38 (Turkish Educational System)

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Solar Eclipse.Close Up

Materials for the lesson

 To make the Sun, Earth, Moon model; white cardboard, 1 hand lamp, colourful watercolour, brush

Layout of the classroom

The class layout should be in U form. An empty space and a dark environment (curtains are drawn) are created in the classroom.

Phase 1

Students are asked whether they have seen the moon or not. The observations of the students are evaluated. The magnitude, shape, and movements of the Sun, Earth and Moon are reminded.
Teacher creates groups with 3 of students
Each of the grenade cardboard, watercolours, brush, scissors, hand lamps are given to cut the world, moon and sun shapes and be painted according to their specifications.
The student who will represent the sun is requested to fix the hole by opening a hole in the middle of the figure by giving a hand lamp.

 Phase 2

The sun is in the middle, the moon is near it, the world is a little further away and the drama begins. Students begin to introduce themselves.
The sun says, “I heat and enlighten the Earth, I am the source of natural light.”
The Moon says, “I am the Moon.” I shine for the night, and I enlighten the sky and the Earth with the light I receive from the sun.
“My name is Earth, the place where living beings live, and I will never stop.”
Similar students are asked to describe the lunar eclipse by creating dialogues.
During this narration, the students make the world and the moon turn and twirl.

Phase 3

Other students observe that the earth’s shadow falls on the moon when the sun, the earth, and the moon are in the same direction, presenting during these movements. The teacher asks the groups to perform activities in turn.