Eclipse 2024
We won’t see another as significantas this until 2045!
Activities, Safety & Fun Links for the Whole Family
ECLIPSE ACTIVITY GUIDE
A selection of lessons, projects, and activities:
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Take a look at this animated view of the eclipse flying from Mazatlan to Newfoundland on April 8, 2024!
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Pinhole projectors and other indirect viewers:
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Try anything with small holes, like a colander. Even the shadow of leaves in the trees.
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If you want to get a little fancier, try this safe solar viewer
pinhole projection shows tiny eclipse shadows
pinhole projection from laced fingers
pinhole projection shows tiny eclipse shadows from straw hat
pinhole projection shows tiny eclipse shadows
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Scale model of moon and earth with wooden beads and meter stick. Use the real sun or a lightbulb to make solar and lunar eclipses. (Dave has some beads of the right size if you want a few).
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Math lesson: Last Solar Eclipse… ever! (The moon is moving farther away. When will it be too small to eclipse the sun?)
Other resources for teaching about the eclipse:
ECLIPSE SAFETY:
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Do not look directly at the eclipse without eclipse glasses. An eclipse isn't more dangerous, but it's more tempting and your reflex to look away may not be as strong as usual.
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Don’t use sunglasses, CDs, exposed film, or anything other than the eclipse glasses when looking directly at the sun.
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Don’t look at the sun with binoculars, a camera viewfinder, a telescope, or any other lens even with the eclipse glasses on.
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A phone or iPad camera will probably not be damaged, but it will be hard to take a photo without accidentally looking at the sun (or its reflection in the case of a selfie), and it won’t turn out well anyway. Take pictures of people and shadows, not the sun, unless you’ve researched how to do it.
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You can also view the eclipse indirectly.
CLOUDY ECLIPSE?
Try this live stream: