Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8
Subject
Mathematics, Space Science, Technology, Solar System and Planets, Solar System and Stars, Eclipses, Earth, Sun, Models
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities
In this data analysis activity, students will sort through a raw dataset of temperatures collected from various reporting sites during the total solar eclipse over the United States on August 21, 2017. Students will learn to sort and filter raw data to meet specific criteria, and then use their new dataset to graph temperatures over time for a single reporting site during the eclipse. Finally, students will analyze their graphs to answer specific questions about the 2017 solar eclipse, compare them with known quantities, and share/compare their results with their peers.