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Do you know when the next lunar eclipse is?

A great place to start is NASA’s table of this decade’s partial, penumbral, and total lunar eclipses (like the partial lunar eclipse that will be visible on October 28, 2023!).

And if you’re looking for video lessons to show your students in conjunction with the upcoming lunar eclipse, we’ve got you covered!

Interactive, engaging, and self-paced, these Edpuzzle Original video lessons are the perfect primer for the upcoming eclipse.

So, do you have your telescope ready?

Video Lesson: Eclipses

In this lesson for middle and high school, students will investigate how changing positions in the Earth-Moon-Sun system cause lunar and solar eclipses.

Video length: 6 mins. 22 secs.

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Video Lesson: Lunar Eclipses Can Change the Color of the Moon!

Here students will use a model of the Sun, Earth, Moon system to explain why lunar eclipses happen.

This video lesson is ideal for 5th – 9th graders, so check it out to see if it’s right for your students!

Video length: 6 mins. 25 secs.

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If you liked these lessons, make sure to check out our Edpuzzle Originals video lessons on astronomy and all of our science content!

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