Get Ready for Canada's Solar Eclipses
Learn all about the Oct 14 2023 and Apr 8 2024 Eclipses
In this STEM activity, students will learn the basics of solar eclipses and how to safely see them.
Basics
- Duration: 1 hour
- Ages: 6+
- Price: $250
- Location: in-person in Montréal
- Remote: also available as a remote presentation
Québec Curriculum Connections
Earth and Space
D. Systems and interaction
2. System involving the sun, the Earth and the moon
- a. Associates the sun with the idea of a star, the Earth with the idea of a planet and the moon with the idea a natural satellite
Earth and Space
D. Systems and Interaction
2. System involving the sun, the Earth and the moon
- b. Describes the rotational and revolutionary motion of the Earth and the moon
- c. Illustrates the phases of the lunar cycle (full moon, new moon, first and last quarters)
- d. Illustrates the formation of eclipses (lunar, solar)
Earth and Space
C. Astronomical Phenomena
1. Concepts related to astronomy
- c. Light
- iii. Explains different phenomena using the properties of light (cycles of day and night, seasons, phases of the Moon, eclipses)
2. Solar System
- c. Phases of the Moon
- i. Explains the phases of the lunar cycle
- d. Eclipses
- i. Explains a lunar or solar eclipse
What Your Class Will Learn
- what happens during an eclipse
- the difference between a lunar and solar eclipse
- the difference between a partial and total solar eclipse
- why we don't see a solar eclipse every month
- why the Moon and the Sun appear the same size in the sky
- how to safely see the upcoming solar eclipses
- how to know when and where to be for the April 8, 2024 eclipse
Activity
If the weather is clear, we'll go outside and safely look at the Sun using solar eclipse glasses. This will give students an idea of the Sun's size and how it compares to the Moon.
If time and weather permits, we'll also safely look at the Sun through a telescope using a solar filter.
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