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Earth and Space

Quarter 4: Module 5-7

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 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
N a t i o n a l C a pi t a l Re g i o n
Sc h o o l s D i v i s i o n O f f i c e o f La s Pi ñ a s C i t y

DEVELOPMENT TEAM OF THE MODULE

WRITERS: RIZALINA P. DELA CRUZ, Master Teacher I

NOREEN L. SAN GABRIEL, Teacher III
DANILO NIÑO S. ALMANO, Teacher I
CATHLEEN JANE J. CASIMERO, Teacher I
CHRISTINE B. LOMERIO, Teacher I

CONSOLIDATOR: AMALIA T. VICTORIA, Head Teacher II

LANGUAGE EDITOR: CELFA H. CREBILLO, Teacher I

CONTENT ACE T. EVANGELISTA, Master Teacher II

VALIDATORS: REYNALDO A. GAYAS, Master Teacher I
JENIFER T. HERRERA, Master Teacher I
TRIXIA A. PALMOS, Master Teacher I
CHRISTINE S. MANGCOY, Teacher I

COVER PAGE AIRA MARI CON M. AUSTERO

ILLUSTRATOR:

TEAM LEADER: DR. RAQUEL M. AUSTERO

Education Program Supervisor

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 Module 5 Position and Movement of the Earth Around the Sun

Most Essential Learning Competencies

Using models, relate:

The tilt of the Earth to the length of daytime; the length of daytime to the amount of
energy received. (S7ES-IVh-5)

What’s In
Position and Movements of Earth
The Sun provides Earth’s energy and life could not exist without it. We are
very lucky to have our sun! The Earth is the only planet full of life. Humans and many
other creatures on Earth depend on the heat and light coming from the Sun. The Earth
revolves around the Sun and the Moon around the Earth. Refer to fig. 1 below

Fig.1 Earth rotates on its axis as it revolves around the sun

ESERO NL, ESA, Audrey Korczynska, Emma Foxell, Sun, Earth, Moon Model, ASTROEDU, Space
Awareness 2016, https://astroedu.iau.org/en/activities/1614/sun-earth-and-moon-model/

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Terminology: Rotation and Revolution
➢ Earth is not a stationary planet. Its constant motion affects the way solar
energy reaches it.
➢ Earth spins on its axis. This movement is called rotation. One Earth rotation
takes 23 hrs. and 56 mins. Rotation allows you to experience day and night.
➢ The Earth rotates counterclockwise, from west to east. Because of the
direction, the sun is always rising in the east and sunset in the west. Rotation
also affects the temperature on Earth within a day.
➢ The Earth’s entire trip around the sun is called revolution, which takes
365.25 days. That is why there is a leap year every four years February has
29 days. When the Earth rotates, it also revolves around the sun in an elliptical
orbit. (see fig. 1)

Earth’s Tilt
The Earth rotates on its axis that is tilted at
an angle of 23.5 degrees. This explains why the
duration of day and night varies from place to
place. Because of the Earth’s tilting, the sun’s rays
hit Earth’s surface at different angles. When they
strike at a 90° angle, energy and temperatures in
these areas are the highest. At the equator, where
the sun’s rays hit at an angle between 23°N and
23°S latitude, the heat is intense. In other areas,
the sun’s rays arrive at a lesser angle, and are
therefore less intense. When you are closer to the
poles, the smaller the angle, so the less intense
the energy radiation and you experienced a colder
climate.

https://letstalkscience.ca/educationalresources/backgrounders/w
hy-do-we-have-seasons

Length of Daytime and Nighttime

The Earth’s rotation about its
axis causes day and night. When one
half of the Earth is lit up by the Sun,
the other half is in darkness. It is
daytime in the lit half and nighttime in
the dark half. As the Earth spins you
move from light to shadow and back
to light again over the course of one
day (24 hours).
https://www.siyavula.com/read/science/grade-7/relationship-of-the-
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sun-to-the-earth/18-relationship-of-the-sun-to-the-earth
 There are 24 hours a day and you might think that daytime and nighttime are
both equal in a day. Daytime is longer if it is summer and shorter in winter season.
Nighttime is longer during winter and shorter during summer. This is because the Earth
is tilted in its axis by 23.5 degrees that makes the Northern hemisphere tilted towards
the Sun in the summer and the Southern hemisphere tilted away from the Sun. This
makes the daytime longer than night in the Northern Hemisphere.

As you can see in the picture,

the Northern Hemisphere is tilted
toward the sun during summer and
away during winter. This makes the
length of day and night differ in length
during these seasons. During
summer, the day is longer and the
night is shorter. On the otherhand
during winter, the day is shorter and
the night is longer. https://quizlet.com/314159805/the-seasons-on-earth-main-concepts-mc-
flash-cards/

What’s More

Activity 1: Movement of Earth

Directions: Identify the word about the Earth movement. Choose your answer inside
the box. Write your answer on the space provided.

Earth Rotation Revolution 365.25 days 23.5˚

______________1. The Earth spins or turns on its axis.

______________2. The third planet from the sun.
______________3. The Earth takes _________days to revolve around the sun.
______________4. The earth is tilted ________ on its axis.
_______________ 5. Movement of Earth around the sun.

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Activity 2: Earth’s Seasons
Directions: As the tilted Earth travel around the sun, the seasons are created. Look
at the diagram, identify the different seasons.

d._________
___

b. ______

c. ________

Activity 3: Let’s Face It!

Directions: Draw the happy face to the circle when you agree on the given
statement or draw a sad face if you disagree.

Agree Disagree

1. The Earth rotates on its axis, tilted at an angle of 23.5 ˚.

2. Rotation allow you to experience the seasons.

3. Human activities are affected by Earth’s movement.

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4. Earth rotates on its axis as it revolves around the sun.

5. Winter happens when the North Pole is farthest from the sun.

Activity 4: True or False

Direction: Write T if the statement is true; if it is false change the underlined word/words
to make the statement correct.
___________ 1. The movement of an object around another object is called
rotation.
___________ 2. Earth’s rotation on its axis causes day and night.
___________ 3. The earth rotates on a tilted axis and revolved around the sun.
___________ 4. When sunlight shines equally on both the Northern and
Southern Hemisphere it is called equinox.
___________ 5. The earth orbits the sun within 265 days.

Activity 5: You Choose!

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. Day and Night are caused by
A. The tilt of the Earth’s axis C. Eclipses
B. Earth’s revolution around the sun. D. Earth’s rotation on its axis

2. Earth’s rotation takes about

A. 365 days C. 24 hours
B. 6 months D. 2 months

3. One complete revolution of Earth around the sun takes about?

A. One rotation C. One-year
B. B. One season D. One eclipse

4. Earth has seasons because

A. The distance between the Earth and the sun changes
B. Earth’s axis is tilted as it moves around the sun
C. The temperature of the sun changes
D. Earth revolves around the sun.

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 5. When viewed above the North Pole, the Earth rotates
___________________, from west to east.
A. Clockwise
B. Counterclockwise
C. Retrograde rotation
D. Both a and b

Activity 6: Which is it?

Directions: Identify which of the three diagrams below will answer the statements. Write
the letter on the blank before the number.

Figure 1: How the Earth would look at different times of the year when viewed from the Sun

_____1. More sunlight hits the southern hemisphere.

_____2. It is summer in the northern hemisphere.
_____3. Less sunlight hits the southern hemisphere.
_____4. It is summer in the southern hemisphere.
_____5. The same amount of sunlight in both hemispheres are visible.

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 What I Have Learned
Directions: Fill in the blanks about the Earth rotation and revolution.

Rotation vs. Revolution

a. Meaning:
__________________________
b. Earth’s rotation takes about
how many hours?
__________________________
c. Earth’s rotation causes:
__________________________
a. Meaning:
_________________________
b. Earth’s revolution takes about
how many days?
_________________________
c. Earth’s revolution causes:
____________________________

What I Can Do
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Revolution of the earth takes _____
A. 5 years C. 24 hours
B. 1 year D. 1 month

2. The part that receives the intense heat from the sun is ______.
A. Equator C. South pole
B. North pole D. both hemisphere
3. Rotation of the Earth is what causes_______
A. Seasons C. Eclipse
B. Tides D. Day and Night
4. The Earth orbit around the ________
A. moon C. Jupiter
B. Sun D. Mars

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5. Because of Earth’s Revolution around the sun, we experience different _______
A. Typhoon C. Festival
B. Hurricane D. Season
6. The season with the longest day time is the_______.
A. Winter C. Summer
B. Spring D. Fall

7. The season with the shortest day time is the______.

A. Spring C. Summer
B. Fall D. Winter
8. When the North Pole is farthest or turning away from the sun the season is _______.
A. Autumn C. Fall
B. Spring D. Winter
9. When the North Pole is leaning toward the sun, the Northern hemisphere
experiences _______.
A. Winter C. Spring
B. Summer D. Autumn
10. Earth’s orbit is not a perfect circle. When Earth rotates, it also revolves around
the sun in an ___________ orbit.
A. elliptical C. closer
B. spherical D. nearer

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 Module 6 Position and Movement of the Earth Around the Sun

Most Essential Learning Competencies

Using models, relate:
The position of the Earth in its orbit to the height of the Sun in the sky, the height of the
Sun in the sky to the amount of energy received and the latitude of an area to the
amount of energy the area receives. (S7ES-IVh-9)

What’s In

The Earth rotates and revolves around the Sun. It is tilted at an angle of 23.5
degrees. The entire trip around the Sun takes 365.25 days. As the Earth orbits around
the Sun, there is what we call perihelion which means the Earth is closest to the Sun,
and aphelion when the Earth is farthest from the Sun.

Fig.1 Earth’s position during Aphelion and Perihelion

https://www.almanac.com/content/what-aphelion-and-perihelion
Terminology:
Perihelion and Aphelion
While the Earth rotates on its axis, it also revolves around the sun in an elliptical
orbit. Orbiting in an ellipse does not just mean that the Earth is closer to or farther from
the Sun at certain points in its orbit. It also means — by Kepler's second law that when
the Earth is closed to the Sun (perihelion), it possesses a faster orbital speed, and
when the Earth is far from the Sun (aphelion), it possesses a slower orbital speed.

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During an average day, when the Earth moves at its average speed around the Sun,
24 hours is just right, but when the Earth moves more slowly (near aphelion), 24 hours
is too long for the Sun to return to its same position. Thus, the Sun appears to shift
more slowly than average. Similarly, when the Earth moves more quickly (near
perihelion), 24 hours is not long enough for the Sun to come back to where it started,
and so it shifts more quickly than the average.
Distance of the Sun In the sky
Earth is determined by the angle at which sunlight hits the Earth. In summer,
the Sun is high in the sky and sunlight hits the Earth directly. In winter, the Sun is low
in the sky and the Sun's rays strike the Earth indirectly at an oblique (shallow) angle.
The seasons occur because the Earth's axis is tilted relative to the path of its orbit
around the Sun and not because the distance between the Earth and the Sun varies
as the Earth revolves around the Sun.

Fig.2 Trajectory of Earth’s position around the Sun

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36949173
)
From the Earth's surface, the Sun appears higher in the sky in summer. As the Sun
appears to move higher in the sky, it takes more time to travel across the sky from
sunrise to sunset. Therefore, daytime is longer in summer than in winter. The change
in the length of daytime during the year also occurs because of the tilt of the Earth's
rotation axis in space.

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Energy and Latitude
Different parts of the Earth’s surface receive different amounts of sunlight. The
amount of energy received by an area depends on its proximity to the equator. Areas
near or within the equator receive more direct rays since the Sun is directly overhead.
Areas away from the equator receive incoming sunlight at a lower angle and more
dispersed compared to the areas at the equator.

Fig.3 Sun rays towards the Earth

Latitude is the measurement of the distance of a location on Earth from the
equator. The farther a location is from the equator, the less sunlight it receives. This
has to do with the shape of the earth. Since Earth is round, not every place receives
the same amount of sunlight, or heat.
Different parts of the Earth’s surface receive different amounts of sunlight. The
amount of energy received by an area depends on its proximity to the equator. Areas
near or within the equator receive more direct rays since the Sun is directly overhead.
Areas away from the equator receive incoming sunlight at a lower angle and more
dispersed compared to the areas at the equator.
Another reason is due to the angle of solar incidence, this is the angle at which
the Sun's rays strike the Earth's surface. At the Equator, the Sun's rays strike the Earth
at a right angle, which makes the heat more intense and concentrated over a small
area.
Less heat is lost from the atmosphere as the rays travel a shorter distance
through the atmosphere. At the poles, the Sun's rays strike the Earth at an acute angle,
this spreads the heat over a larger area. More heat is lost from the atmosphere as the
rays travel a longer distance through the atmosphere.

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 Since Earth is tilted on its axis, some parts of the Earth receive more energy
from the sun. Since poles are slanted from the sun, it receives less energy while areas
that receive direct rays from the Sun have more energy and are warmer. Places that
receive more solar energy have more heat, and those that receive less energy have
less heat.

What’s More

Activity 1: Seasons
Directions: Refer to the picture to answer the guide questions that follow.

https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Earths-Tilt-Seasons-Assessment-1732613-
1500875438/original-1732613-1.jpg

1. Draw a line towards the part of the Earth which receives direct sunlight.
2. Label which picture experiences summer and which picture experiences winter.
3. When the particular hemisphere of the Earth is facing towards the Sun, it is
(summer, winter).
4. When the particular hemisphere of the Earth is facing away from the Sun, it is
(summer, winter).
5. The Earth’s tilt and revolution causes different ___________.

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Activity 2. Earth’s Tilt!
Directions: Study the picture below. Relate how the tilt of the Earth causes different
seasons on the different parts of the Earth. Answer the questions below based on the
picture.

https://scgstl.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Earth-tilt-axis-seasons-free-use_A_edited-1.jpg

1. What season in the Northern Hemisphere when it receives greater energy from the
Sun?
___________________________________________________________________
2. What season in the Northern Hemisphere when it receives minimal amount of
energy from the Sun?
___________________________________________________________________
3. What season in the Northern Hemisphere during the month of September?
___________________________________________________________________
4. The __________________ solstice in the Northern Hemisphere has the shortest
day.
5. The ___________________solstice in the Northern Hemisphere has the longest
day.

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Activity 3: Heat Varies!
Directions: The diagram illustrates how portions of the Earth receive varying amounts
of energy. Complete the paragraph below by supplying the missing terms. Choose the
correct answer from the box.

https://s3.studylib.net/store/data/006844677_1bfaeb5295af229047ce34be7c16047bd.png

Choices:

Less seasons axis 23.5 varying more Earth’s

Because the Earth's 1. _________ is tilted, we have seasons. It is 2.

________ degrees
tilted in relation to the plane of orbit around the Sun. The axis constantly points to the
same fixed position in space as the Earth orbits the Sun. Because of the "fixed" tilt,
3.
various portions of the Earth receive sunlight with ___________ amounts during the
annual journey around the Sun. The tilt also affects the angle at which sunlight strikes
various sections of the Earth's surface throughout the year. The Sun provides less
energy to locations that receive indirect sunlight, whereas direct sunlight provides
4.
__________ energy to areas that receive direct sunlight.

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Activity 4: Match it Up!
Directions: Match column A to column B. Write the letters on the blank.

Column A Column B
_____1. The spinning of a body on its axis A. Perihelion
_____2. The path followed by an object in space as it B. Aphelion
revolves around another object
_____3. When the Earth is closes to the Sun C. Orbit
_____4. Movement of one body around another body D. Revolution
_____5. When the Earth is farthest from the Sun E. Rotation

Activity 5: Here and There.

Direction: Study the diagrams below. Then answer the following questions.

Source: Earth on its Axis,

DIAGRAM 1 Department of Astronomy and DIAGRAM 2
Astrophysics, Penn State University

Answer the following questions correctly:

1. In which diagram (1 or 2) would the person be experiencing summer? Why?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
2. In which diagram (1 or 2) would the person be experiencing winter? Why?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

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 3. What happens to the length of daylight during autumn and spring?
____________________________________________________________________

Activity 6: Earth orbits the Sun!

Directions: Write True if the statement is true and False if the statement is false.
__________1. It takes one day for the moon to orbit the Earth.
__________2. It takes one day for the Earth to orbit the Sun.
__________3. It takes one day for the Earth to orbit around the Sun.
__________4. It takes 29 days for the moon to orbit around the Earth.
__________5. It takes 365.25 for the Earth to orbit around the Sun.

Activity 7: Fact of Bluff

Directions: Write the word FACT if the statement is correct and BLUFF if it is wrong.
1. The axis of rotation of the Earth is tilted 15 degrees. ___________
2. If the Earth tilts towards the sun, the northern hemisphere experiences longer
daytime. ___________
3. The energy received from the sun increases as the latitude increases in both
north and south hemisphere. ____________
4. The distance of the earth from the sun determines the seasons in the
Philippines as well as in other countries. ___________
5. If the same area experiences longer days, that may also mean hotter days.
_______

What I Have Learned

Directions: Write True if the statement is correct and False if the statement is not
correct. Write your answer on the space provided.
____________ 1. When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, it
receives more energy from the Sun.
____________ 2. The lower the sun in the sky, the less intense the sunlight
received.
____________ 3. Places that get more solar energy have less heat than those
places get less solar energy have more heat.
_____________ 4. Different parts of the earth surface receives different amount of
sunlight.
_____________ 5. In winter, the Earth tilts away from the Sun and nighttime
becomes longer.

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_____________ 6. Areas near the Equator receive direct rays from the Sun which
means they receive less energy.
_____________ 7. At higher latitudes with lower sun angles, the energy is higher and
the temperature here is colder.
____________ 8. If it is winter in the Northern hemisphere, it is winter in Southern
hemisphere too.
____________ 9. What happens in the Northern hemisphere is different in the
Southern hemisphere.
____________ 10. If the same area experiences longer days, that may also mean
colder days.

What I Can Do

Directions: Complete the statement below. Choose your answer from the words
inside the box.

longer shorter

A. The change between day and night is caused by the rotation of the Earth on its
axis. The length of daytime is ___________________ during summer, while
___________________ during winter.

greater lesser

B. When the sun’s rays strike Earth’s surface near the equator, the
________________ solar energy an area receives, and the warmer it is. At higher
latitude, receives _______________ energy from the sun causing cooler temperature.

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 Module 7 ECLIPSES

MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCY

Explain how solar and lunar eclipses occur using models. (S7ES-IVj11)

What’s In
After talking about atmospheric phenomena, you may be wondering why
eclipses are discussed with the seasons. The reason is that seasons and eclipses are
caused by the movement of the Earth around the Sun and moon around the Earth
respectively. We do not see the motions of the Earth and moon but we can certainly
observe the effects of their motion in the form of the seasons and eclipses.

Eclipses occur when the path of light of the sun is blocked. There are two kinds
of eclipses; that of the sun called solar eclipse and that of the moon called lunar
eclipse. In a solar eclipse, the moon is between the sun and the Earth and the moon
blocks the light of the sun casting a shadow on Earth causing the darkening in the
Earth’s surface in tandem to its rotation.

Figure 1: Solar Eclipse Diagram. NASA Content Administrator. “Solar Eclipse Diagram” April 8, 2014.
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/solar-eclipse-diagram

Lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth is between the sun and the moon. The
Earth blocks the path of the sunlight causing the moon to be in the Earth’s shadow.
Lunar eclipse occurs only during the full moon. There can be total and partial eclipses.
Total eclipses rarely occur but partial eclipses are seen much more often.

Figure 2: Lunar Eclipse. Cook, Jeremy. Lunar20 Eclipse Lesson for Kids. December
28, 2021. https://study.com/academy/lesson/lunar-eclipse-lesson-for-kids-
definition-facts.html
 In a solar eclipse, the sun gets darker while in a lunar eclipse, the moon gets
darker. In the case of a solar eclipse, the moon moves between the Earth and the
sun, thus obscuring the sun. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth moves directly
between the sun and the moon. Either type of eclipse can be total or partial.
Solar eclipses can only occur during a new moon when the moon moves
between Earth and the Sun and the 3 celestial bodies form a straight line: Earth-moon-
Sun.

There are between 2 and 5 solar eclipses every year. There are 3 kinds of solar
eclipses: total, partial and annular. There is also a rare hybrid that is a combination of
an annular and a total eclipse.

• A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon completely covers the Sun,
as seen from Earth. Totality during such an eclipse can only be seen from
a limited area, shaped like a narrow belt, usually about 160 km (100 mi)
wide and 16,000 km (10,000 mi) long. Areas outside this track may be
able to see a partial eclipse of the Sun.
• A partial solar eclipse happens when the moon only partially covers the
disk of the Sun.
• An annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon appears smaller than
the Sun as it passes centrally across the solar disk and a bright ring, or
annulus, of sunlight remains visible during the eclipse.
• A hybrid solar eclipse is a rare form of solar eclipse, which changes
from an annular to a total eclipse, and vice versa, along its path.

Lunar eclipse occurs when Earth comes between the Sun and the moon and
blocks the Sun’s rays from directly reaching the moon. Lunar eclipses only happen at
full moon.
• A total lunar eclipse occurs when Earth’s umbra – the central, dark part
of its shadow – obscures all of the moon’s surface.
• A partial lunar eclipse can be observed when only part of the moon’s
surface is obscured by Earth’s umbra.
• A penumbral lunar eclipse happens when the moon travels through the
faint penumbral portion of Earth’s shadow.

During an eclipse, two shadows are cast. The first is called the umbra.
The umbra is a central cone of darkness which tapers away from the Earth or moon,

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while the penumbra is an outer cone of partial shadow which diverges instead of
tapering. The moon's shadow cast on the Earth appears as a solar eclipse.

The Earth's umbra is involved in both total and partial lunar eclipses. During
a total lunar eclipse, the entire moon enters the umbra. A partial lunar eclipse occurs
when the umbra covers only part of the moon's surface. A penumbral lunar
eclipse occurs when the moon enters the Earth's penumbra.

Figure 3: Elan Valley Trust. “Eyes On The Night Sky”. July 2019.
https://www.elanvalley.org.uk/news/article/eyes-night-sky-july-2019

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 What’s More

Activity 1: Illustrate Me!

Directions: Using the figures below, explain how solar and lunar eclipses occur.
Answer the guide questions provided.

Figure 4. Erickson, Kristen, “NASA Space Place Team.” August 6, 2021.

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/eclipses/en/

Figure 5. Erickson, Kristen, “NASA Space Place Team.” August 6, 2021.

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/eclipses/en/

Guide Questions:
1. Explain how the position of the Earth, Sun and the Moon creates a solar
eclipse.
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

2. Explain how the position of the Earth, Sun and Moon creates a lunar eclipse.
_______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

Activity 2: Blood Moon!

Directions: Read the article below and answer the guide questions.

What is a Blood Moon?

By Aparna Kher

A total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a Blood Moon, because of the

reddish tinge the Full Moon takes on when fully eclipsed. The term is also frequently
used to describe four total lunar eclipses that occur in a row.

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 Figure 6. Kher, Aparna “Blood Moon.” 1995-2022. https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/blood-moon.html

Blood Moon is not a scientific term, though in recent times it is being widely used
to refer to a total lunar eclipse because a fully eclipsed moon often takes on a reddish
color—like in the image below, which was taken during the total lunar eclipse in
September 2015. A total lunar eclipse happens when the moon travels through the
Earth's umbra and blocks all direct sunlight from illuminating the moon's surface.
However, some sunlight still reaches the lunar surface indirectly, via the Earth's
atmosphere, bathing the moon in a reddish, yellow, or orange glow.

As the Sun's rays pass through the atmosphere, some colors in the light
spectrum—those towards the violet spectrum—are filtered out by a phenomenon
called Rayleigh scattering. This is the same mechanism that causes colorful sunrises
and sunsets. Red wavelengths are least affected by this effect, so the light reaching
the Moon's surface has a reddish hue, causing the fully eclipsed Moon to take on a red
color.

Depending on the composition of the atmosphere, different parts of the light

spectrum are filtered out, so the Moon may also look yellow, orange, or brown during
a total lunar eclipse

Guide Questions:
1. What is a Blood Moon?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
2. Why does the moon turn red during lunar eclipse?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
3. What conclusion can you make based on the article that you have read about
Blood Moon.
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

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ACTIVITY 3: PARTS OF THE SOLAR ECLIPSE!
Directions: Name the parts of the Solar Eclipse.

1._________________
2. ________________
3. _________________
4._________________
5._________________

Figure 7. Label Parts of the Solar Eclipse. 2006 https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Science-worksheets-Label-

parts-of-the-Solar-Eclipse-
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WHVZbmF4dyZ0PUFBQUFBR0hXWjVR

Activity 4. Word hunt!

Directions: Look for the following words inside the puzzle that best describes the lunar
and solar eclipse. It can be found vertically, horizontally or diagonally. Write it in a sheet
of paper.

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Activity 5. Space mission-possible
Directions: In a sheet of paper, illustrate the position of the sun, moon and earth during
Solar and Lunar Eclipse.

Solar Eclipse Lunar Eclipse

Activity 6. Word up!

Directions: Fill in the missing letters to form the word(s) being described in each
number.
1. It is the partial or complete blocking of one celestial object by another object.
_C__P__
2. This type of eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and
Earth.
S_L__ E__I__E
3. When Earth transits between the sun and moon, Earth blocks light coming
from the sun and casts a shadow over the moon. This event is called a
__________.
__N_R E__I__E
4. It is the smaller, inner, and darker shadow created by the object that blocks the
light coming from the sun.
__B_A
5. It is the larger, outer, and lighter shadow created by the blocking celestial
object.

_EN__B__

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Activity 7. Types of eclipse
Directions: Classify the following events as a solar eclipse or a lunar eclipse.

• Sun – Moon – Earth • Sun – Earth – Moon

• Can only be observed at night
• Can happen only during a full moon
• Lasts only for a few minutes
• Is rarer than a lunar eclipse
Solar eclipse
• Happens during daytime
• Happens only during a new moon
• Lasts longer than a solar eclipse
• It happens more often
Lunar eclipse

1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

4. 4.

5. 5.

Activity 8. Types of shadows during an eclipse

Directions: Identify what is being described in the following statements. Choose from
the words in the box.

Umbra Penumbra Total eclipse

Partial eclipse Partial solar eclipse Total lunar eclipse

1. This refers to the smaller, inner, and darker shadow created by the object that blocks
the light coming from the sun.
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2. If there is an eclipse during daytime and you are in a country being hit by the
penumbra shadow, what type of eclipse are you experiencing?
__________________________________
3. What kind of eclipse do we see when the moon is entirely within the Earth’s umbra
shadow? _________________________________________________
4. It is the larger, outer, and lighter shadow created by the blocking celestial object.
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5. Places under umbra shadow experience a ___________________.

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6. People at places under penumbra shadow can observe a ________________.

Activity 9. Mixed Up!

Direction: Answer the following questions and write it in a sheet of paper.
1. Complete the sentence:
A solar eclipse is a rare and
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2. Why should you not look directly at the Sun? Choose one.
because it could damage your eyes
because it is too far away
because it is very dark
3. Write T for true or F for false.
___________ It is okay to look directly at the Sun.
___________ Looking at the Sun could make you blind.
___________ Sunglasses are safe to use when looking at a solar eclipse
4. Match column A with column B.
Column A Column B
1. Solar eclipse A. Earth comes between the Sun and
the moon, blocking the sunlight
falling on the moon

2. Total solar eclipse B. occurs when the moon and Sun

are on opposite sides of Earth

3. Lunar eclipse C. occurs when the moon comes

directly between the Sun and the
Earth

4. Total lunar eclipse D. occur when the new moon comes

between the Sun and Earth
5. Why do people sometimes need to travel to see the solar eclipse?
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

What I Have Learned

Directions: Complete the following statement.

1. I learned some new information about _______________________________

2. I learned that __________________________________________________
3. I also discovered that ____________________________________________
4. Another fact I learned ____________________________________________
5. However, the most important thing I learned was _______________________

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 What I Can Do

Space mission-possible 1
Directions: Make your own model of the sun, the moon and the earth forming the lunar
and solar eclipse using available indigenous materials. Submit your model along with
the worksheet and the learning packet. Score will be based on the Rubric below.

RUBRIC FOR GRADING THE MODEL

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What I Have Learned MODULE 5
Rotation Activity 1
a. Spin or turn 1. Rotation
b. takes 24 hrs. or 1 day 2. Earth
c. Causes: day and night 3. 365.25 days
Revolution 4. 23.5˚
a. Go around 5. Revolution
b. takes 365.25 days or 1 year
c. Causes: Seasons Activity 2
a. Autumn
What Can I do b. Winter
1. B c. Spring
2. A d. Summer
3. D
4. B Activity 3
5. D 1. Fact
6. C 2. Bluff
7. D 3. Fact
8. D 4. Fact
9. B 5. Fact
10. A
Activity 4
MODULE 6 1. T
2. T
Activity 1
3. T
4. T
5. F
Activity 5
1.D
2. C
3. C
4. B
3. summer 5. B
4. winter
5. seasons Activity 6: Which Is It?
1. A
Activity 2
1. Summer 2. C
2. Winter 3. C
3. Summer solstice 4. A
4. Winter 5. B
5. Summer
Activity 3
1. Axis
2. 23.5
3. Varying
4. More
Answer Key
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MODULE 7 Activity 4: Match It Up!
Activity 1: Illustrate Me! 1. E
1: It creates a solar eclipse when during 2. C
New Moon the Moon moves between Earth and the 3. A
Sun and the 3 celestial bodies form a straight line: 4. D
Earth-Moon-Sun. 5. B
2. It creates a lunar eclipse when Earth
comes between the Sun and the Moon and blocks Activity 5: Here and There
the Sun’s rays from directly reaching the Moon. 1. Diagram1 because the tilt of the Earth is
Lunar eclipses only happen at Full Moon. towards the sun
3. The blue light from the Sun scatters
2. Diagram2 because the tilt of the Earth is
away, and longer-wavelength red, orange, and
yellow light passes through. During a lunar eclipse, away from the sun
the Moon turns red because the only sunlight 3. The length of the sunlight during autumn
reaching the Moon passes through Earth’s and spring seasons would just be the same
atmosphere.
Activity 6: Earth orbits the Sun!
ACTIVITY 2: BLOOD MOON!
1. A Blood Moon is known as total lunar 1. False
eclipse, because of the reddish tinge 2. False
the Full Moon takes on when fully 3. False
eclipsed. The term is also frequently 4. True
used to describe four total lunar
5. True
eclipses that occur in a row.
2. As the Sun's rays pass through the
atmosphere, some colors in the light
spectrum—those towards the violet What I have learned
spectrum—are filtered out by a 1.true
phenomenon called Rayleigh 2.False
scattering. This is the same 3.false
mechanism that causes colorful 4.true
sunrises and sunsets. Red 5.true
wavelengths are least affected by
6.false
this effect, so the light reaching the
Moon's surface has a reddish hue, 7.false
causing the fully eclipsed Moon to 8.false
take on a red color. 9.true
3.(Answers may vary) 10.false
Activity 4
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Activity 9 Activity 5
Answers may vary.
1. occurs when the new Moon
comes between the Sun and the Activity 6
Earth. / The timing of the new moon
within the eclipse season needs to be 1. ECLIPSE
more exact for an alignment between 2. SOLAR ECLIPSE
the observer (on Earth) and the 3. LUNAR ECLIPSE
centers of the Sun and Moon. 4. UMBRA
2. because it could damage your 5. PENUMBRA
eyes
3. T Activity 7
F
Solar eclipse Lunar eclipse
T
4. C 1. Sun – Moon – 1. Sun – Earth – Moon
D Earth
A 2. Happens during 2. Can only be observed at night
B daytime
5. Moon’s orbit is tilted at more
3. Happens only 3. Can happen only during a full
than 5 degrees to the Earth’s
during a new moon moon
orbit around the Sun, its
shadow usually misses Earth. 4. Lasts only for a 4. Lasts longer than a solar eclipse
few minutes
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED: ANSWERS MAY
5. Is rarer than a 5. It happens more often
VARY
lunar eclipse
Activity 8
1. Umbra
2. Partial Solar Eclipse
3. Total Lunar Eclipse
4. Penumbra
5. Total Eclipse
6. Partial Eclipse
Answer Key