General Science Resources

Data Collection During the Eclipse

If you read about eclipses (several good references are listed below), you will find people often report:

* The temperature drops as the eclipse proceeds

* The wind speed increases as totality approaches

* The sky gets bluer as totality approaches

The Temperature Decreases

Surface temperature sensor (STS-BTA)

https://www.vernier.com/products/sensors/temperature-sensors/sts-bta/

You can also have students measure the temperature using a thermometer. They could collect the data every 5 minutes and plot the data to see if there is a change (no fancy sensors required).

The Wind Speed Increases

Anemometer (ANM-BTA) (wind speed)

https://www.vernier.com/products/sensors/anm-bta/

Make your own Anemometer. Plenty of websites will show you how to do this, here is one http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/weatherproj2/en/docs/anemometer.shtml

The Sky is bluer

Light and Color sensor (GDX-LC) (Visible to UV)

https://www.vernier.com/products/sensors/light-sensors/gdx-lc/

Amount of light changes with the percentage of eclipse

Pyranometer (PYR-BTA) (Solar irradiance from IR-V-UV)

https://www.vernier.com/products/sensors/solar-radiation-sensors/pyr-bta/#requirements

Measure the Change in the solar constant at the eclipse progresses

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ear8EAsigAvFg4bdsl_sduyFsEyLyKJVIp2reZuYSlw/edit