Are you and your students ready for the total solar eclipse coming on Monday, April 8th, 2024? If not, you will want to come by and check out all the amazing resources and tips for how to best prepare your students. Get instructions on building pinhole camera viewer, avoiding false eclipse glasses on Amazon, app recommendations, and more.
Total solar eclipse: Monday, April 8, 2024
The Totality app, available for Android and iOS, offers a variety of instructions on how to use it. The app was donated to the American Astronomical Society. It provides great information on the path of the eclipse.
The strength of this app, aside from finding an eclipse from your location, is all the helpful information. In the app’s “Learn About” section, there is information on topics such as:
Safe Viewing
Future Eclipses
Understanding Eclipses
Classroom Activities
For example, in the Classroom Activities section, you’ll find links to the Pinhole Camera Activity for safe viewing of the eclipse and dynamic art and photography activities. Know of other great mobile apps? Share them in the comments!
Looking for fun ways to teach about eclipses? Check out these resources:
Solar Eclipse Selfie Station. Provide some selfie station accessories and signs.
Take photos with precautions. Tape eclipse glasses to your smartphone camera lens to protect it. Check out The VisiSolar Smartphone Photo Filter.
Schedule a school-wide event.
Solar Music Mix. Compile your own YouTube or Spotify playlist of solar eclipse music. Here’s one Eclipse Party playlist and another from Silly Songs.