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How to Watch Next Week's Lunar Eclipse & Supermoon

Watch one of the sky's most dazzling shows & get students exploring with NASA! 
What's Up Event: Total Lunar Eclipse and Supermoon

Watch one of the sky's most dazzling shows in the early morning of May 26, when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align, creating a total lunar eclipse. Skygazers will also be treated to a supermoon! It's a great opportunity to engage students in practical sky watching and get them exploring Moon missions and science with NASA.  

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What's Up Event: Total Lunar Eclipse and Supermoon

WEDNESDAY, MAY 26

Total Lunar Eclipse and Supermoon

Learn more about where, how, and when to watch the lunar eclipse and supermoon. Plus, explore related resources for educators and students. 

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Teachable Moments

Teachable Moment: How to Watch a Total Lunar Eclipse and Get Students Observing the Moon

Teachable Moment

Teachable Moment: What's a Supermoon and Just How Super Is It?

Teachable Moment

 

Educator Guides

Moon Lesson Collection

Moon Lesson Collection

Teach students all about the Moon with these standards-aligned STEM lessons for educators.

 

Various Subjects | Grades K-12

Educator Guide: Observing the Moon
Educator Guide: Evaluating a Lunar Eclipse
Educator Guide: When Do Lunar Eclipses Happen?

Observing the Moon

Students identify the Moon's location in the sky and record their observations over the course of the moon-phase cycle in a journal.

 

Science | Grades K-6

Evaluating a Lunar Eclipse

Students illustrate the range of colors and brightness the Moon can take on during a total lunar eclipse.

 

Science | Grades 3-12

*NEW* When Do Lunar Eclipses Happen?

Students use a paper plate to make a model that explains why lunar eclipses don't occur during every full moon.

 

Science | Grades 4-8

Educator Guide: Moon Phases

Moon Phases

Science | Grades 1-6

Educator Guide: Whip Up a Moon-Like Crater

Whip Up a Moon-Like Crater

Science | Grades 1-6

Educator Guide: Measuring the Supermoon

Measuring the Supermoon

Science | Grades 5-12

Educator Guide: Modeling the Earth-Moon System

Modeling the Earth-Moon System

Science | Grades 6-8

 

Student Activities

Moon Activities Collection

Moon Activities for Students

Make a moon phases calendar, moon crater, lunar rover, and more with these activities all about Earth's moon.

 

Various Subjects | Grades K-12

Student Project: Make a Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator
Student Project: Moon Journaling Project

Moon Journaling Project

Science | Grades K-8

Student Project: Make a Moon Crater

Make a Moon Crater

Science | Grades 2-8

Educator Guide: Modeling the Earth-Moon System
 

Explore More Moon Resources

Article for Kids

NASA Space Place: All About the Moon

Website

Website: NASA Moon Exploration

Website

Website: NASA Artemis Mission

Interactive

Website: NASA's Eyes on the Solar System
 

More from NASA/JPL Edu

Standards-aligned STEM lessons from NASA/JPL Education

Educator Resources

Student Activities: Learning Space With NASA at Home

Student Activities

Live Streams

Live Streams: Teaching Space With NASA

Events

Educational Events from NASA-JPL Edu

News & Features

Teachable Moments
 
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