When The Sun Goes Dark
Tue, Apr 18, 2017 6:47 PM
A Perfect Story to Explore Eclipses
When the Sun Goes Dark is a charming and straight-forward story that details how eclipses of the Sun and Moon occur. This nice, cross-generational story of a grandmother and grandfather helping their grandchildren model the motions of the Earth, Moon and Sun to explore lunar phases and eclipses. They use of ordinary items to make models, and explore common questions asked by the girl and boy in the story. The good illustrations make it easy for people of all ages to pick up a tennis ball or an orange, turn on a lamp, and explore the phases of the Moon and eclipses. Finally, the book models children asking questions and figuring out the answers, which is a wonderful way to learn something new. Again, Andy Franknoi and Dennis Schatz have show that curiosity about the natural world is fun, and leads to an appreciation our home here on planet Earth. For more, in depth lessons on the Sun, Moon and Earth, I recommend "Solar Science: Exploring Sunspots, Seasons, Eclipses and More" Solar Science - Exploring Sunspots, Seasons, Eclipses, and More - PB403Xby the same great team of astronomy educators.