14 Fun Facts About Eclipses: Educational Version
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Eclipses have amazed and terrified people for thousands of years. The sky grows dark. Daytime animals go to sleep and nocturnal animals wake up. Roosters crow and cows come in for milking. The sun is slowly covered by some mysterious celestial object. Sometimes it is blocked out completely. What had the people done wrong? Would the sun ever come back? Was it the end of the world?
Today we know that eclipses are caused by the movements of the sun, the moon and the Earth. They still amaze us and they can still terrify us. How much do you know about eclipses?
How many kinds of eclipses are there?
What is an annular eclipse? (Hint: it's not an eclipse that occurs once a year.)
True or false: A solar eclipse can only occur on a new moon?
How many different shadows does a solar eclipse have?
What are Baily's Beads?
Find out more about eclipses and amaze your family and friends with these fun facts.
All measurements in American and metric.
Ages 8 and up.
The Educational Version has activities that meet Common Core Curriculum Standards.
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Jeannie Meekins
Jeannie Meekins is an Australian writer who lives with her children and a couple of cats who think they own the computer. And if her dog could read, he’d be jealous, so it’s lucky that he can’t. Jeannie has also written over 10 books for children, many available through LearningIsland.com
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14 Fun Facts About Eclipses - Jeannie Meekins
14 FUN FACTS ABOUT
ECLIPSES
By Jeannie Meekins
A LearningIsland.com
15 - Minute Book
We have used many sources to research these facts and they are accurate at time of publishing. The more we explore the wonders of our world, the more information we are discovering.
Editor: Jennifer Robinson
Pictures Courtesy of NASA
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14 Fun Facts About Eclipses / Jeannie Meekins
Summary: A brief look at some fun facts about eclipses.
1. Eclipse. Juvenile Literature. 2. Space. Juvenile Literature.
Words: 3116
Reading Level: 6.0
Ages 8 and up.
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Eclipses have amazed and terrified people for thousands of years. The sky grows dark. Daytime animals go to sleep and nocturnal animals wake up. Roosters crow and cows come in for milking. The sun is slowly covered by some mysterious celestial object. Sometimes it is blocked out completely. What had the people done wrong? Would the sun ever come back? Was it the end of the world?
Today we know that eclipses are caused by the movements of the sun, the moon and the Earth. They still amaze us and they can still terrify us. Here are 14 fun facts about eclipses.
Annular eclipse
Fact 1: There are four types of solar eclipses.
A solar eclipse is an eclipse of the sun. The moon crosses the sun and blocks part or all of it from our view.
There are four different types of eclipses, depending on how much of the sun is covered.
A total eclipse is