NASA/JPL Yardstick Eclipse Demonstration
Demonstrate how the Earth and Moon cast shadows on each other from the light of the Sun.
Education Level: Ninth Grade
Resources intended for ninth grade students.
Pinhole Eclipse Viewer Handout
Handout with diagrams and explanations of how to make and use a pinhole solar eclipse viewer.
What is an Eclipse? Handout
Handout with diagrams and explanations of both lunar and solar eclipses, and lists of upcoming eclipses.
Meteor Showers of 2018 Handout
Handout with explanations of meteors and other objects on one side, and a description of meteor showers (from SkyAndTelescope.com) on the other, plus a list of dates for the meteor showers of 2018.
Crash Course – Astronomy – 46: Everything, The Universe, And Life
This YouTube video covers exoplanets and the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe.
Crash Course – Astronomy – 45: Deep Time
This YouTube video covers the far future of the universe, including its eventual demise.
Crash Course – Astronomy – 44: A Brief History of the Universe
This YouTube video covers the first 20 minutes of the universe.
Crash Course – Astronomy – 43: Dark Energy, Cosmology part 2
This YouTube video describes what we know and don’t know about Dark Energy.
Crash Course – Astronomy – 42: The Big Bang, Cosmology part 1
This YouTube video introduces cosmology with a look at the Big Bang.