Solar Eclipse 2024 Activities | Earth Sun Moon Lesson Plans | Kindergarten – 2nd

Description

Need a fun, engaging WEEK UNIT with activities to teach about the Sun, Moon, and Earth using the Solar Eclipse this year? I have a perfect lesson plan. It covers standards for K-2, models, home connections, collecting data, diagrams, shadows, gravity, links, and more!

What’s included:

• Page 1: Cover
• Page 2: Table of Contents
• Page 3: Home Connection
• Page 4: Note to Teachers
• Page 5: Lesson Plan
• Page 6: Standards K-2, Vocabulary, Links
• Page 7: KWL
• Page 8: Elephant and Bat Shadow Puppets
• Page 9: Bunny and Horse Shadow Puppets
• Page 10: Sun and Moon Venn Diagram
• Page 11: Earth and Moon Venn Diagram
• Page 12: Sun and Moon Demonstration of an Eclipse
• Page 13: All About the Moon Writing (Primary)
• Page 14: All About the Moon Writing (Intermediate Lines)
• Page 15: All About the SUN Writing (Primary)
• Page 16: All About the Sun Writing (Intermediate Lines)
• Page 17: All About the Earth Writing (Primary)
• Page 18: All About the Earth Writing (Intermediate Lines)
• Page 19: Gravity Writing (What does gravity have to do with a solar eclipse?)
• Page 20: Ask A Friend about a moon visit, Tally Answers
• Page 21: Gravity ARTWORK
• Page 22: EXAMPLE (model for student) of a Solar Eclipse Craft
• Page 23: Solar Eclipse Craft (need to brass brads)
• Page 24: Directions for the HAT Solar Eclipse Activity
• Pages 25-30: Moon Earth and Sun (black and white/color) Headband printables
• Pages 31-32: Headbands to glue on the earth, moon, and sun
• Pages 33-42: POSTERS (Shadow, Diagram, Solar Eclipse, Properties, Light, Gravity, Eye Safety, Sun, Moon, Earth)
• Pages 43-49: Solar Eclipse JOURNAL (weeklong)
• Page 50: Rubric
• Pages 51-57: Opinion Writing, Extra Activities

What else do you need for this unit besides the printables:

• Cardstock for printing on
• 3 Brass Brads to make the parts movable on crafts
• Glue
• Colored Pencils or Crayons
• Flashlight
• Books on Gravity, Earth, Moon, Sun and Solar Eclipses will be helpful

Know Your Student’s Misconceptions:

They will probably think that the black/dark circle is a shadow on the sun. Lead them by asking questions like “Is it a shadow on the sun? Why can’t we see the sun? What do you think earth looks like during an eclipse?”