Abstract
Everybody understands what is meant by an eclipse: a body that covers another one. However, general audience and students in particular do not know exactly What relative positions of Earth, Sun and Moon have to be in order for an eclipse to take place? You can read a newspaper or watch TV and observe that information about an eclipse is not correct. In my country, it was stated, in a very important newspaper, that the solar eclipse will take place tomorrow because there will be a Full Moon. Teaching this topic in schools or in educational sessions in observatories, it is a good idea to introduce a simple model that maintains proportion between diameters and distances of these three bodies. This contribution will introduce this model, showing their applications in playgrounds of school, for sunny days or in classroom for cloudy days.
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