1. Solar and Lunar Eclipses!
What causes Solar and Lunar Eclipses?

2. Quick Review!
The SUN!
Solar means
Lunar means
The MOON!

3. What is an Eclipse?
An eclipse happens when one object gets in between you and another object and blocks your view.
Get out of my way, I can’t see!

4. Lunar Eclipse
When the Earth’s shadow covers the Moon, we can’t see it as well, so we call this a Lunar Eclipse.

5. Lunar Eclipse Earth Sun Moon’s Path Moon
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth lies between the Sun and Moon, so that Earth's shadow darkens the Moon.

8. Quick Check!
What causes a Lunar Eclipse?

9. Quick Check!-Answer The Moon traveling into the Earth’s Shadow.
Lunar Eclipse means we can’t see the Moon.

10. Solar Eclipse
The Moon blocks the light of the Sun so we can’t see it.

11. Solar Eclipse North Pole Moon Sun South Pole
What is the phase of the moon?
New Moon!

13. Quick Check!
What causes a Solar Eclipse?

14. Quick Check!-Answers The Moon blocking the Sun.
Solar Eclipse means we can’t see the Sun.