Lunar and Solar Eclipse Comic

Looking for the perfect solar eclipse activity?

These print-and-go, comic-style reading passages and doodle notes are designed to make teaching solar and lunar eclipses simple, visual, and fun.

With eye-catching illustrations and easy-to-follow text, this resource explains eclipses in a way that captures attention and builds understanding. Comics break down complex ideas, making science accessible for all learners—especially struggling readers, reluctant readers, and ESL/ELL students.

Your students will love learning about eclipses with this unique blend of science, literacy, and visuals!

Solar Eclipse Comic for Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade- CLICK HERE

Enhance Your Lesson Plan with this Fun Solar Eclipse Comic Strip

Students will read about solar and lunar eclipses with the help of three eye-catching, comic-style science cartoons. The first comic gives a general overview of eclipses, and the following two comics get more detailed about solar and lunar eclipses. The comics touch on the umbra and penumbra as well as the three types of lunar eclipses.

What’s inside this Solar Eclipse 2024 teaching resource?

THREE Comic-Style Eclipse Reading Passages

Highly visual and engaging content providing an overview of eclipses
Color and B&W
Print up as a handout, poster, or anchor chart
A great addition to interactive notebooks
Gets off the screens and puts reading in their hands

Lunar and Solar Eclipse Doodle Notes

Fill-in-the-blank style guided notes
Solidifies understanding and keeps students involved
Another great addition to interactive notebooks
A good homework option

Answer Keys

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What makes Cool School Comics such an impactful learning tool?

They are FUN!

This is the most crucial benefit.
Students are more willing to participate and more engaged.
The content STICKS.

Visual learning is EFFECTIVE.

About 65% of the population consists of visual learners.
Visual information is processed faster.
Students who SEE information are more likely to retain it.

EASY to implement!

These lesson plans are complete and ready to go, requiring minimal prep time.
You only need to make copies, upload supplementals to your virtual classrooms, and set up the hands-on activities.
Lots of flexibility! You can print these as posters, add them to interactive notebooks, hand them out to students, or share them virtually. There is plenty of room for modifications.

ACTIVE LEARNING

Every lesson plan has a low-prep, wallet-friendly, hands-on component.
Instructions are in a visual format
Follow-up questions or a lab report are always included

Comics make content ACCESSIBLE

Naturally differentiated, comics accommodate a wide range of learning abilities and styles.
Great for classrooms with a diverse population of learners
They can simultaneously rope in both your gifted and struggling students (and everyone in between).
Reluctant readers gravitate toward comics.
Comics help English Language Learners (ESL, ELL) and some SPED students find success.

Be the hip teacher seizing the graphic novels craze. Your students will LOVE it!

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