PDF-(BOOS)-American Eclipse: A Nation\'s Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win

In the scorching summer of 1878 with the Gilded Age in its infancy three tenacious and brilliant scientists raced to Wyoming and Colorado to observe a rare total solar eclipse One sought to discover a new planet Anotheran adventuresome female astronomerfought to prove that science was not anathema to femininity And a young megalomaniacal inventor with the tabloid press fast on his heels sought to test his scientific bona fides and light the world through his revelations David Baron brings to threedimensional life these three competitorsJames Craig Watson Maria Mitchell and Thomas Edisonand thrillingly recreates the fierce jockeying of nineteenthcentury American astronomy With spellbinding accounts of train robberies and Indian skirmishes the mythologized age of the last days of the Wild West comes alive as never before A magnificent portrayal of Americas dawn as a scientific superpower American Eclipse depicts a young nation that looked to the skies to reveal its towering ambition and expose its latent genius. Phases are different views of the Moon’s sunlit half. The Lunar phases are the lit & unlit portions of the moon you see from Earth.. Light from the sun reflected by the Moon’s surface. The Moon’s position in its monthly orbit determines how it appears from Earth.. =. By: Rama.. SOLAR ECLIPSE. A. . solar. . eclipse. . occurs. . when. . the. . moon. . comes. . in. . between. . the. . sun and earth. .. The moon comes in straight line with the earth and sun.. Solar Eclipse. Solar Eclipse. A . solar eclipse . happens when the moon blocks the light from the Sun from reaching the Earth. People who live in the . umbra. of the moon’s shadow see a . total eclipse. lit up by the Sun?. Half the Moon is always. lit by the Sun. Except . . .. When the Earth’s shadow hits the Moon we have a …….. Lunar Eclipse. Eclipses. Solar Eclipse—the moon moves in a line directly between the Earth and sun. Bell Work. Try the phases of the moon exam question. Learning Outcomes. • To distinguish between lunar and solar eclipses and describe their mechanisms.. • To describe the appearance of the Sun and Moon during solar and lunar eclipses.. Moon Vocabulary. Lunar . maria. . Spring tide. N. eap . tide . R. ays . Sidereal . period . S. ynodic . period . W. aning . Waxing. Apogee. Perigee. Moon info in the textbook:. P39-41. p248-249. p285-287. What is an eclipse?. The partial or total blocking of one object in space by another. When the moon or Earth casts a shadow on the . other. It can happen in 2 ways: . When the Earth comes between the sun and moon. 1. st. period. Solar Eclipse. Moon comes in between the Earth and Sun; annually (1x a year)- blocks sun. Can see the top layer of the sun (corona). Penumbra + Umbra (2 shadows). Most eclipses are partial eclipses. 1. st. period. Solar Eclipse. Moon comes in between the Earth and Sun; annually (1x a year)- blocks sun. Can see the top layer of the sun (corona). Penumbra + Umbra (2 shadows). Most eclipses are partial eclipses. What would you think if you were walking home from school on a sunny afternoon and the sun began to disappear?. Would you be frightened?. On rare occasions, the moon completely blocks the sun.. The sun grows as dark as night even in the middle of a clear day.. Can you model how the shadow cast in an eclipse causes partial and total eclipses?. Essential Questions:. Eclipses. Eclipse. The total or partial obscuring of. the sun or moon by the moon or Earth’s shadow is an . Tilt of the earth. What is a hemisphere- what 2 hemispheres are there?. Why do we experience seasons?. Indirect/ Direct sunlight (heat and energy)?. Diagrams of seasons- when/where/why/ which hemisphere? . Tilt of the earth. What is a hemisphere- what 2 hemispheres are there?. Why do we experience seasons?. Indirect/ Direct sunlight (heat and energy)?. Diagrams of seasons- when/where/why/ which hemisphere? . and. Eclipses. Phases. Eclipses. The Moon. The moon’s appearance changes significantly over the period of a "month" (to be carefully defined later). Shines by reflected sunlight. What we see depends on geometry of the Earth-Moon-Sun system..