Eclipse Resources
Teacher Professional Development
Teachers, register for our Professional Development Training and earn 6 PD credits through AMSTI and PowerSchools (Course #309036)! The Alabama Space Grant Consortium is an official AMSTI Affiliate. Sign up here to stay in touch and receive the zoom link for our Fall training (September 26th 3:30pm) and our Spring training (date TBD).
You may also be interested in these Annular Eclipse Training Resources from NASA for the October 14th eclipse, which links to a Google Drive of presentation materials and a question bank.
Classroom Activities
Elementary (may be fun for young adults too)
Easy Craft Activity -- Paper model to show the difference between a Solar and Lunar eclipse: https://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/astronomy/sunearthmoon/
Create Your Own Eclipse from Explore Science (ages 5 and up)
Make a Solar Eclipse Book from Eye on the Sky
Why do Eclipses Happen? Yard/Meter stick activity from the Night Sky Network (ages 7 and up)
Modeling the Moon and Earth size and scale with playdoh: "Sizing Up the Moon" from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. (ages 8 and up)
High School and College-Level
Scientist Spotlight Read and write about Indian astronomer and mathematician, Aryabahta, who provided the first accurate predications of eclipses that we know of over 1500 years ago. (activity pdf)
Trigonometry of an Eclipse by Breezy Ocaña Flaquer, San Diego State University
Eclipse Explorer for Smartphones (high school and college)
More Eclipse Resources
General Educational Resources
NASA In-Depth Eclipse News and Resources (all ages)
NASA Eye Safety During an Eclipse (all ages)
Short videos on eclipses from Astronomers for Planet Earth - English and Spanish
Printable NASA Fact Page for the eclipses by Dr. Mitzi Adams. Also available in Portuguese (1 & 2) and Spanish (1 & 2).
National Science Teaching Association's Eclipse Page
Resources connecting eclipses and fiction, films, music and other creative fields by Dr. Andy Fraknoi
Web-based activities about eclipses, the Moon, and the Sun by Dr. Andy Fraknoi
American Indian beliefs about eclipses from the National Museum of the American Indian, plus this 13-minute video on Indigenous Eclipse Teachings
Astronomical Society of Queensland Eclipse Educational Resources
If you're traveling to the path of totality, you can use this Eclipse Timer to know when to take off and put on your eclipse glasses.
Libraries
Librarians can request eclipse glasses through the SEAL Project. See the project's booklet, which includes sheets in English and Spanish.
Citizen Science Projects
Study how eclipses affect life on Earth with the Eclipse Soundscapes Project!
Document air, temperature, and clouds during the eclipses and contribute to NASA's GLOBE Observer citizen science!
Grants
The American Astronomical Society Solar Eclipse Task Force invites proposal for mini-grants to fund eclipse outreach. Grants will range from $1,000 to $5,000. Proposals are due Nov 10th.
The Heliophysics Big Year
Join NASA’s celebration of solar science with the Heliophysics Big Year! The Big Year starts October 2023 and goes to December 2024, so start planning now! Get marketing assets, share the intro video, and find eclipse information/resources. You can also work with local scientists on NASA funding to support solar science events and find/join eclipse ambassadors.
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