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Solar & Lunar Eclipses Training Center

Ari Raider's Training Materials · Eclipse Chase · Training Center 5 of 6

Solar & Lunar Eclipses

Something has blacked out the one shaft of daylight that feeds the Realm. There are two kinds of eclipse and they are not the same thing — sorting them clears the gate.

What you're training for

At Eclipse Gate, the whole cavern is in shadow. The light drops back for whoever can sort solar from lunar without mixing them. Train here first; prove it in the simulation.

The science

  • Solar eclipse: the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth — the Moon's shadow sweeps across Earth, and day goes dark.
  • Lunar eclipse: Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon — Earth's shadow falls on the Moon, which often turns a dim red.
  • The memory trick: name the eclipse after what gets covered — solar hides the Sun, lunar hides the Moon.
  • Safety, always: a lunar eclipse is safe to watch all night; the Sun is never safe to look at without proper eclipse glasses.

Teach it today — a lamp, a ball, a head

The line-up. Lamp (Sun), student's head (Earth), ball (Moon). Slide the ball between lamp and head — ball's shadow on the face: solar. Swing the ball behind the head — head's shadow on the ball: lunar. Two sentences, physically staged, never confused again.

Trained and ready? Prove it at Stop 5 — Eclipse Gate. Free, no logins, progress saved on the device.

Enter the Realm at Stop 5

Resources in this training center

Worksheets, reading passages, flashcards and printables for this lesson are being added — new resources land here first. Get one email a month when they do, or browse the whole free library.

The hands-on half: the Eclipse Chase Adventure Kit puts six real specimens, six Digs, six Gemlings and the Realm map in your students' hands — $19.99, or $15 a student for classrooms.

More Eclipse Chase training

Day & Night · Constellations · Stars vs Planets · Moon Phases · Eclipses · The Seasons · Enter the Adventure →

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