THE RELEVANCE OF THIS UNIT IN EVERY DAY LIFE

To many early civilzations, the presece of the moon and the Sun was essential in dailylife. Our current calender is based on the movement of the Sun whereas the Islamic and Chinese calender are all Lunar calenders. Every Lunar moon begins with a new moon phrase. Although we cannot see the new moon phrese,it has a very special significance with regardto eclipses, especially the eclipse of the Sun. Nowadays, many young people are less interess in studing and seeking careers in scince,perticularly astronomy. This hopes that this topic on eclipses will stimulate their interest in scince and helped them to develop interest in careers such as astronomer,astronautand astrophysicist.

INTRODUCTION

This unit consists of two lesson on the occurance of eclipse og the Moon and eclipse of the Sun. The lessons in this unit cover the concepts and skills with regard tothe following objectives:

6.1 Understanding the eclipse of the Moon
Lesson 1: The Vanishing Moon
In this lesson,pupils lern about eclipse of the Moon. They should understand why this phenomenon occurs.

6.2 Understanding the eclipse of the Sun
Lesson 2: The Sleeping Sun
In this lesson,pupils lern about eclipse of the Sun. They should  understand why this phenomenon occurs and predict the senario happens on Eaeth during this occurrence.
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)