**Instructional Guide: Building a Foundation for Eclipse 2006**

**Teacher's Note:**

People of the past used their star knowledge to plan when to plant crops
and navigate across oceans.  This has become a lost art today as most
people seldom look at the stars and in most cases, due to city lights,
people are deprived of the wonders of the night sky.  As teachers
provide the learning opportunities from observations to technological
models it is a perfect place to understand a total solar eclipse as yet
another tool to understand the mysteries of our own star.  National
Education Standards indicate that 3 aspects of the current scientific
view ought to be taken into account, as part of the learning required of
students:

1.  The composition of the cosmos and its scale of space and time

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1.  The principles on which the universe seems to operate

2.  How the modern view of the universe emerged.

**About the Guide:**

The following guide was developed to ensure that all of the suggested
activities and lesson plans have their proper place within the context
of the National Education Standards. The prescribed sequence has been
arranged so that each area of content builds on the next. Your starting
point in the guide will depend on the existing background knowledge of
your student(s). Each content area of the guide has been divided in to
three main sections: Education Standard, Topic, Activities.

Enjoy the Journey!

**Education Standard: Observation / Qualitative**

**Topic: Night Sky -- stars to numerous to count**

> \+ An Invitation to the Stars
>
> (<http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/13oct00/Article1.html>[)]{.underline}

**Topic: Movement across the sky**

> \+ An Invitation to the Stars
>
> (<http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/13oct00/Article1.html>[)]{.underline}

**Topic: Moon looks different everyday**

> \+ An Invitation to the Stars
>
> (<http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/13oct00/Article1.html>[)]{.underline}

**Education Standard: Shadows vs. Illumination**

**Topic: Sun to Illuminate Inner Sanctuary of Pharaoh's Temple**

> \+ National Geographic News Article
> (<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/02/0221_abusimbel.html>
> )
>
> \+ Definition of Illumination
>
> ( <http://www.answers.com/topic/illuminate> [)]{.underline}

**Topic: Shadows**

> \+ What Makes Shadows- Observing and Drawing
> <http://www.eyeonthesky.org/lessonplans/04sun_shadows.html>
>
> \+ Sundials: Observing and Using Shadows
> <http://www.eyeonthesky.org/lessonplans/14sun_sundials.html>
>
> \+ Colored Shadows
>
> <http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/colored_shadows.html>

**Topic: Moon Phases**

\+ All About a Solar Eclipse

> <http://www.wendycarlos.com/eclipse.html>
>
> \+ Moon Glow
>
> <http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/teachers/moonglow.html>
>
> \+ Eclipsing the Sun
>
> <http://sunearthday.gsfc.nasa.gov/2006/images/eclipsing_the_sun2.pdf>
>
> \+ Keeping a Moon Journal
>
> http://media.nasaexplores.com/lessons/04-058/5-8_1.pdf
>
> \+ A Playground Model
>
> <http://www.eyeonthesky.org/lessonplans/08sun_moonplayground.html>
>
> \+ Adding the Moon
>
> <http://www.eyeonthesky.org/lessonplans/09sun_moonclass.html>
>
> \+ The Moon: Earth's Satellite
>
> <http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/moon.html>

**Education Standard: Sun-Earth-Moon System**

**Topic: Earth Orbit**

> \+ The Earth's Orbit (description for beginner level)
>
> <http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/uts/earth3.html&edu=elem>
>
> \+ The Earth's Orbit (description for advanced level)
>
> <http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/uts/earth3.html&edu=high>

**Topic: Moon Orbit**

> \+ The Moon's Orbit and Rotation (description for beginner level)
>
> <http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/uts/moon1.html&edu=elem>
>
> \+ The Moon's Orbit and Rotation (description for intermediate level)
>
> <http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/uts/moon1.html&edu=mid>
>
> \+ The Moon's Orbit and Rotation (description for advanced level)
>
> <http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/uts/moon1.html&edu=high>

**Topic: Solar System** (descriptions for intermediate level)

> \+ Our Solar System
>
> <http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/solar_system.html>

**Topic: Day and Night**

> \+ Motion of the Sun and Earth
>
> <http://www.eyeonthesky.org/lessonplans/06sun_motionplayground.html>

**Topic: Rotation / Revolution**

> \+ What Makes Day and Night: The Earth's Rotation
>
> <http://www.eyeonthesky.org/lessonplans/05sun_daynight.html>
>
> \+ Explore a model of Earth's yearly revolution around the sun
>
> <http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0408/es0408page01.cfm?chapter_no=04>
>
> \+ The Planet Dance
>
> <http://www.garlandisd.net/instruction/activities_planet_dance.asp>

**Education Standard: More Detail -- Using a Telescope**

**Topic: Telescopes**

> \+ Telescopes from the Ground Up
>
> <http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/groundup/>

**Education Standard: Eclipse**

**Topic: Eclipse**

> \+ Eclipsing the Sun
>
> <http://sunearthday.gsfc.nasa.gov/2006/images/eclipsing_the_sun2.pdf>
>
> \+ NASA Eclipse Home Page
>
> <http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html>
>
> \+ Stories From the Path of Totality
>
> <http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/>
>
> \+ The Wendy Carlos=Total Solar Exlipse=Page=
>
> <http://www.wendycarlos.com/eclipse.html>

**Education Standard: Character of the Universe**

**Topic: Star Formation/Models and Technology**

> \+ Imagine the Universe Lesson Plans
>
> <http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lesson_plans.html>
>
> \+ How Astronomers Use Spectra to Learn About the Sun and Other Stars

<http://sunearthday.gsfc.nasa.gov/2006/materials/spectrabook_ver2.pdf>