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The early hours of Friday 28 August will reward very early risers in the UK, Europe and Africa with a fine lunar eclipse. Though not quite a total eclipse, it will transform the moon into a dramatic sight as dawn approaches.
This eclipse is a member of Saros 138. The eclipses in a given saros series are separated by 18 years, 11 days, 8 hours. The previous eclipse in this saros series occurred on August 16, 2008, and the next takes place on September 7, 2044.
On August 28, 2026, the evening of the 27th in some time zones), the Moon passes into the shadow of Earth, creating a deep partial eclipse.
🌒Which countries will watch ?
At the moment of greatest eclipse, 4:13 a.m. Universal Time, 96.3% of the Moon's disk is within Earth's umbra, the central part of the shadow where the Sun is completely blocked by Earth. This part of the eclipse is visible in the Americas (except Alaska and northwestern Canada), western Europe and western Africa.
credits: NASA
⌚Hour :
The penumbra is the part of Earth's shadow where the Sun is only partially covered by Earth. The effect of the penumbra on the Moon's appearance is subtle. But after the partial phase begins, at 2:34 UTC (10:34 p.m. Eastern on the night of the 27th), the umbra's dramatic effect is easily visible as it takes an increasingly large bite out of the disk of the full Moon.
Less than an hour later, the part of the Moon still in sunlight will be small enough for observers' eyes to adapt to darkness and perceive the coppery color of the part of the Moon within the umbra. The visualizations here mimic this dark adaptation by increasing the apparent photographic exposure around the time of greatest eclipse.
"Obscuration is more intuitive — it's always between 0 and 1 — and it more closely matches the visual experience. You can say without qualification that "96.3% of the Moon's disk" will be within the umbra."
NASA
credits: NASA
💬Where to watch ?
"A world map showing where the eclipse is visible at different phases. Contours mark the boundary around the part of Earth where each phase is visible. The start of the partial phase, for example, is visible everywhere within the orange contour. The map is centered on 63°8'W, the sublunar point at greatest eclipse (the longitude where the Moon is highest in the sky). The eclipse can't be seen in the gray areas outside the contours."
NASA
As the eclipse unfolds, the moon will be sinking, so find an observation site with an uninterrupted view towards the western horizon, and enjoy the view as the eclipse slips from view while the dawn gathers behind you in the east.
Unlike a solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse is completely safe to watch with the naked eye. Binoculars will even reveal subtle shades of colour across the moon’s surface.
Observers across much of the Americas will be able to enjoy the eclipse from beginning to end from late night on Thursday 27 August, while those in New Zealand will catch little more than its closing moments much later on Friday.
credits: Dreamtime photos
Education:
Summer vacation is drawing to a close. Some kids are already staring down homework and alarm clocks, but others are still enjoying summer camp and late bedtimes.
In European countries most part of schools are closed, as well in North America, Australia, and most countries in the world. I could not be informed about African countries.
However, teachers are in touch with students via Instagram or X/Twitter school accounts, or even on learning blogs or educational websites (schools or personal).
So, teachers can invite their students to join astronomers on NASA Television or skywatchers at national observatories of Astronomy, observing the lunar eclipse tomorrow nigh the 27 August and 28 August too.
Skygazers in America will be able to catch the rare celestial show as Earth's shadow falls across the Moon.
Oh, my ! Ask students to make some photos or videos with their smartphones to explore in Science classroom next September.
Teachers and students can debate their experiences on school time.
Don't forget ! Invite your students to getgreat images of a partial unar eclipse. They can share them on NASA's Lunar Eclipse Flickr group.
Till there have a nice time on these last days of holidays.
The Tokyo 2020officially opened on July 23, 2021 with the traditional Olympic Games Opening Ceremony seen by three billion people around the world.
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games started on 23 July 2021 and will end during Summer season in Europe and some other continents, next 08 August 2021.
“More than any other event (the Games) have the power to bring the world together; to inspire; to show what is possible,”
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,
Director-General of the World Health Organization
In the United States and other countries, the students would come back to school but we are not sure about in-person lessons due the difficult pandemic time. However students and teachers could follow on national television Tokyo 2020. They will be talking about their heroes, the athletes from different sports. Teachers are already preparing their in-person lessons or distance learning and they will include the Olympic Games and sport values into school curricula, for sure. They can't lose this wonderful experience! Such a great resource for different curricula.
Games Vision are the most innovative in history. It brought positive reform to the world by building on three core concepts:
"Striving for your personal best” (Achieving Personal Best),
“Accepting one another” (Unity in Diversity) and
“Passing on Legacy for the future” (Connecting to Tomorrow).
Under the tagline, “Know Differences, Show Differences”, Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) is essential to achieving the Games Vision and delivering successful Games. As such, D&I is being incorporated into all the aspects of Games planning and operations.
Tom Dailey
credits: Jean Catuffe/ Getty Images
via The Guardian/ Tokyo 2020
Tokyo 2020 embraced ‘Diversity’ by celebrating the differences of individuals, while ‘Inclusion’ saw people accepted and respected regardless of age, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs or intellectual or physical impairment.
Mascot: Miraitowa & Olympic sports
Students could access to all sports here and followed all athletes and teams.
So, The Olympics may be thought mostly to be the preserve of the young - from 12 Syria’s Hend Zaza to - but there are some sports where experience brings an advantage - to 66. The Australian equestrian Mary Hanna is 66 – the oldest competitor at Tokyo 2020, her sixth Games.
Olympic games : Some information:
The first edition of the modern Olympic Games was staged in Athens, Greece, in 1896, while the first winter edition was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924.
Since 1994, the Olympic Games have alternated between a summer and winter edition every two years within the four-year period of each Olympiad.
The Olympic Truce was reintroduced at the modern games in 1994, and it remains an ideal of the Olympic movement, with a related UN resolution passed every two years before each Olympics.
Tokyo 2020
credits: Reuters
More than half a century later, the many legacies of Tokyo 1964 are still being felt. Despite taking place in an unprecedented context of a pandemic, Tokyo 2020 aimed to make a similar impact on the lives of the Japanese public.
New technologies and digital innovation have enabled more sports fans than ever to watch, follow and engage with the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Since the start of the Games, the Olympic digital platforms have had record breaking traffic – double the number of users during Rio 2016 on a daily basis.
Tokyo 2020
Sky Brown, GB, skateboarding, bronze medal
credits: Getty/Ian MacNicol
Education:
Every four years, the Olympic Games create worldwide excitement as athletes from across the globe compete for a prestigious place on the podium. With stories of hard-work, determination, sacrifice, Olympians are great role models for students of any age to show that practice, practice, practice is the way to achieve their goals.
From sports to geography, I picked some of the best Olympic-themed teaching resources to help you encourage both individual achievement and teamwork, while inspiring your students to strive for gold in the classroom. Wow! It will be amazing.
I am sure that a lot of students will want to talk about it. Japanese students are the luckiest because some of them are at the Olympic stadium with their parents watching live or participating as volunteers.
But there will be a big number all over the world that are watching live on television or on the Internet day by day, following their favorite athletes and sports. And the most curious will know a lot about OG sharing ideas in-person lessons or distance learning.
Teachers have been watching Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as well, and they are wondering how they might include the OG into the curriculum if they are teaching at this time of the year. Pandemic Covid-19 changed a lot time of school teaching as we all know.
As I wrote, I will share with educators some subjects that might interest them for now and/or next school season.Tokyo 2020 is a very good subject. Values in sport too.
You will find on this post some resources that teachers can include into their lesson plans by Zoom or in-person.
Ideas & Resources for Teachers:
Here are couple ofideas and resourcesto evaluate and include into your school curriculum about Tokyo 2020.
Let's talk about some curricula:
Sciences/Geography: The Olympic Flame & Japan as a country.
Civics & cross-curricular project: Values
"Sport’s role in reducing conflict can be traced back to the creation of the Olympic Games."
Of course, teachers can't lose this splendid event to talk about values and beliefs: bravery,confidence,courage, self-estime, effort, mental health, work, solidarity, fellowship, mutual support.
Honesty, teamwork, respect, self-belief, passion and determination the six values to achieve personal excellence.
Italian team performance enable the the Gold Medal. A beautiful example of team work, fellowship and mutual support.
To produce the Olympic medals, The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) conducted the “Tokyo 2020 Medal Project” to collect small electronic devices such as used mobile phones from all over Japan.
This project makes Tokyo 2020 the first in the history of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to involve citizens in the production of medals, and to manufacture the medals using recycled metals.
credits: Associated Press
via Forbes.com
Athletes checking into their rooms at the Tokyo Olympic Village discovered single mattress on a cardboard frame. Wow! The cardboard beds are very real. The beds were planned for the Tokyo Olympics as a recycling initiative, long before the spread of COVID-19.
To address global greenhouse gas emission, Japan’s 2020 Olympic and Paralympic teams will wear official sportswear made from donated, recycled textiles.
Welcome to the Doodle Champion Island Games! Over tthe weeks, you could join calico (c)athlete Lucky as she explores Doodle Champion Island: a world filled with seven sport mini-games, legendary opponents, dozens of daring side quests, and a few new (and old ;)) friends.
Her ultimate goal? Defeat each sport Champion to collect all seven sacred scrolls—and complete extra hidden challenges across Champion Island in the process.
Are you feline Lucky 😼? Click on Doodle, join one of the four color teams to contribute to the real-time global leaderboard, and let the games begin!
Video Game Music :
Tokyo 2020 Olympics Opens BIG with Video Game Music! | Every Song Featured in the Ceremony.
The Parade of Nations, a lengthy process in which all 11,260 athletes taking part in the Games enter an arena, has been accompanied by orchestral renditions of music from video games developed in Japan.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony featured music from 14 games, including Final Fantasy, Monster Hunter, Dragon Quest, Sonic the Hedgehog, Chrono Trigger, and more!
Videos : One minute one sport:
Mental health: Simone Biles bronze medal
App: Stronger Together Challenge
Join the challenge and walk with the Olympic athletes:
"The Olympic movement aspires to contribute to a peaceful future for humankind through the educational value of sport, in particular youth."
The Games brought together athletes from all parts of the world in the greatest of international
sports events as a means to promote peace, mutual understanding and goodwill among
nations and people.
For the second time, the International Olympic Committee Refugee OlympicTeam will participate under the Olympic flag in the Olympic Games in Tokyo, acting
as a powerful symbol of inclusion and our shared humanity.
The Refugee Olympic Team (EOR) is participating at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 with 29 athletes, from 11 countries, competing in 12 sports.
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