Cover of When the Sun Goes Dark

When the Sun Goes Dark

Andrew Fraknoi, Dennis Schatz, illustrated by Eric Freeberg

Two curious children and their astronomer grandparents investigate eclipses of the Sun and Moon. In their living room, they build eclipse models using a lamp, a tennis ball, Hula Hoops, and Ping-Pong balls. Later, the family explores safe solar-eclipse viewing outside and considers sunspots and the Moon’s phases. The book includes activities using everyday objects to model astronomical events.

This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.

Book details

Lexile Text Measure
890L
ATOS Book Level
5.7
Fountas & Pinnell Text Level
U
Themes
Family · Grandparents And Generations · Science · Space And Astronomy
Format
Paperback
Publisher
NSTA Kids
Published
January 1, 2017
Pages
36
ISBN-13
9781681400112
Language
English