How to Prepare for the Great American Eclipse: August 21, 2017
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A short FreeSchool explainer on how to prepare for the great american eclipse: august 21, 2017. FreeSchool's clear, calm narration makes it an easy clip to drop into a 2/3-grade lesson.
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How to Prepare for the Great American Eclipse: August 21, 2017 is a short FreeSchool explainer you can drop into a lesson.
- What is this object, and where is it in space?
- What patterns can we see from Earth?
- What is one thing scientists still wonder about it?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: space, orbit, pattern.
Try it: Draw what this looks like and write one fact about it.