Schools : Missed the Total Solar Eclipse ? Here's came the sun ! Resources

 

Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project

via Forbes

Every total solar eclipse is astonishing ! This Monday, April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse was visible from Mexico, the U.S. and Canada. 

For many, preparing for this event brought memories of the magnificent total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017.

The looming eclipse on April 8, 2024, allowed tens of millions of Americans, Canadians and Mexicans the opportunity to see the moon completely block the sun and reveal our star's eerie atmosphere.

A solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, casting a shadow that blocks out the light from the sun. The sun appeared to vanish behind the moon for minutes at a time as the eclipse traveled along its "path of totality," starting on Mexico's Pacific coast and moving northeast through more than a dozen states, from Texas to Maine, and into eastern Canada. 

credit: The Canadian Press/ Dave Chidley

More than 31 million people live along the path of totality, and many more flew or drove to witness the April 8 spectacle in person.

After the April 8 total solar eclipse, the next total solar eclipse that will be visible from the contiguous United States will be on Aug. 23, 2044.

Before that, there will be an annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2, 2024, according to NASA. It will be visible in parts of South America, with some parts only able to experience a partial eclipse. A partial eclipse will also be visible in parts of Antarctica, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and North America.

On Aug. 12, 2026, there will be a total solar eclipse visible in parts of Greenland, Iceland, Spain, Russia and a small area of Portugal, according to NASA.

 

A partial eclipse will be visible in parts of Europe, Africa, North America, the Atlantic Ocean, the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

Google Doodle Solar Eclipse 2024

https://doodles.google/doodle/

• Google Doodle:

"The Moon is having its day in the Sun — happy solar eclipse 2024!"

The 8 April 2024, the Moon crossed between the Sun and the Earth, effectively blocking the Sun’s light. In the path of totality, the sky was darken and the air was cool, and the Sun’s glowing corona (it’s rarely seen outermost part) became visible for up to four and a half minutes! 

People in North America (Mexico, the United States, and Canada) got to witness this special and rare event! A partial eclipse or total eclipse if they were in the path of totality.

Did you saw the #GoogleDoodle? Don't be like the E and slept on this rare celestial event.

credit: Getty Images

via Forbes

• Eye Safety:

No matter where you were, if you planned to look at or even toward the sun, I hope you protected your eyes. 

According to experts, only those in the path of totality were safe to look at the eclipse without protection, and only during totality.

The only safe way to look directly at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed sun was through special-purpose solar filters, such as eclipse glasses (example shown down) or hand-held solar viewers. 

Solar views and solar eclipse glasses

credit: National Park Service

https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/

• Resources 4 all : 

To learn all about the 2024 Total Eclipse 2024 visit the website NASA Total Eclipse April, 2024 if you couldn't follow NASA’s live, streaming video of the event. 

The Eclipse is over but you can still watch NASA broadcast of the total solar eclipse as it moved across North America on April 8, 2024, traveling through Mexico, across the United States from Texas to Maine, and out across Canada’s Atlantic coast.

• Useful links:

NASA

https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/

Missed the 2024 total solar eclipse? Watch video of moments from the event here

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/watch-total-solar-eclipse-2024/

Why NASA Will Send Hundreds Of Balloons Into The Total Solar Eclipse

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2024/04/04/why-nasa-will-send-balloons-80000-feet-into-the-moons-shadow-during-the-eclipse/

How Americans in the solar eclipse's path of totality plan to celebrate the celestial event on April 8, 2024

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/total-solar-eclipse-celebrations-april-8/

Monday's total solar eclipse from space

https://earthsky.org/earth/mondays-total-solar-eclipse-from-space/

• Videos:

Total Solar Eclipse

credit: News18

Education:

Well! You have some special digital resources to enjoy and learning about Total Solar Eclipse. 

Students and teachers have heres some resources to teach and learn about Total Solar Eclipse 2024.

• Activities:

Teachers can prepare a great science lesson, for sure!

• Don't forget to get your students involved in some research from themselves.

• The case of balloons project by NASA is very interesting. Let your students be curious about this balloons project sent by NASA. Why and for what.

• Invite students to watch the video above about a team of a half dozen students in the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences UAlbany selected to launch weather balloons as part of a nationwide project, co-sponsored by NASA and the National Science Foundation, to collect and analyze data around the Oct. 14, 2023 annular solar eclipse and the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse.

Hoping you will enjoy if you were not on the path of th eclipse.

G-Souto

15.04.2024
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Schools . International Mother Language Day : “Multilingual education is a pillar of intergenerational learning"

 

International Mother Language Day

https://www.unesco.org/

Multilingual and multicultural societies thrive through the preservation of their languages, which serve as conduits for traditional knowledge and cultural heritage. 

However, linguistic diversity faces increasing threats as more languages vanish. Currently, 40% of the global population lacks access to education in their native language, a figure that exceeds 90% in certain regions. 

Research underscores the benefits of using learners' native languages in education, fostering better learning outcomes, self-esteem, and critical thinking skills. This approach also supports intergenerational learning and cultural preservation.

• Theme 2024:

Multilingual education – a pillar of learning and intergenerational learning”.

Today, 250 million children and young people still do not attend school and 763 million adults do not master basic literacy skills. Mother tongue education supports learning, literacy and the acquisition of additional languages.

Multilingual education – a pillar of learning and intergenerational learning”, are crucial for inclusive education and the preservation of indigenous languages. 

By starting education in the learner's mother tongue and gradually introducing other languages, barriers between home and school are bridged, facilitating effective learning.

Technology has the potential to address some of the greatest challenges in education today. It can accelerate efforts towards ensuring equitable and inclusive lifelong learning opportunities for all if it is guided by the core principles of inclusion and equity.

Multilingual education based on mother tongue is a key component of inclusion in education.

• What is Intergenerational learning ?

Intergenerational learning is defined as learning that happens across different age groups and generations. Integral to concept is the multi-directionality of learning: children can learn from adults, adults from children, younger children from older siblings, and from other relatives. It is a collective learning process in which the whole family learns together.

What makes us human

Victor D.O. Santos

credit: cover photo  Eerdmans/UNESCO, USA. 

Release data March 4, 2024

https://www.unesco.org/

• Book

A book that, before its first release in Brazil, was selected in 2022 by the specialized jury of The Unpublished Picture Book Showcase by dPICTUS for the dazzling illustrations by Italian artist Anna Forlati and the powerful text by Brazilian author and linguist Victor D.O. Santos. 

The book was furthermore selected for the 2023 Bologna Children’s Book Fair exhibition "Beauty and the World: The New Nonfiction Picture Book".

What Makes Us Human has also been included in The White Ravens 2023 selection as one of the 200 best publications for children released worldwide this year.

Illustration for “What Makes Us Human”. 

© Anna Forlati

https://www.unesco.org/

The book is published in several languages. For the moment 12 languages. Look here the countries where What makes us human is translated in mother languages.

• The role of teachers:

The overall aim of IMLD 2024 is to contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 4 by recognizing the role of teachers in promoting multilingual teaching and learning through reading and technology. in different languages

Students : Share key messages via this social media pack.

"The scientific studies are clear: learning in one’s mother tongue is essential to success at school. (...) "Advocating multilingualism in schools also means preserving and promoting linguistic plurality, especially with regard to languages which have only a few remaining speakers."

Ms. Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, message 2024

G-Souto

21.02.2024

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Wow ! The Geminids shower 2022 : Kids, let's go ! Time to watch to the sky !

Eliot Herman, Tucson, Arizona 2021

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The Geminid meteor shower is one of the last major showers of the year. In 2022, the Geminid meteor shower will peak on 13-14 December.

Usually, as many as 150 meteors per hour can be seen in the show, which makes it among the best of the year for actually spotting a meteor.

This year, the brightness of the Moon will have a slightly diminishing effect, with NASA predicting between 30-40 meteors per hour.

“Don’t miss the annual Geminids meteor shower,” NASA tweeted.

Geminids facts:

 

• Together with the Quadrantids, the Geminids are the only major meteor showers not originating from a comet.
• The beautiful streaks we see in the night sky can actually be caused by particles as small as a grain of sand!
• Geminids were first observed in 1862, much more recently than other showers such as the Perseids and Leonids.
• The Geminids are thought to be intensifying every year.

Geminid meteor shower chart for 2022

via EarthSky

 

"Notice that the Geminids’ radiant point, and the moon, are close together in Earth’s sky. But there’s still a window of darkness between the time the radiant rises in mid-evening, and the moon rises around midnight. That’s the time to watch for meteors this week.

EarthSky

Nearest moon phase: In 2022, last quarter moon falls on December 16. So, it’s a bright waning gibbous moon that’ll rise in the midst of the Geminids’ peak in 2022.

When to watch: 

The usual advice is that it’s best to get away from buildings and other sources of light to watch the meteor shower. In many places, at this kind of year, that’s going to be very difficult, given the weather. For Portugal, it wil be very difficult because we have a severe weather this week.

All is not lost for others countries! Notice the rising time of the Geminids’ radiant point. The constellation Gemini is up by mid-evening in December. And moonrise isn’t until later, shortly before midnight, on the evenings of both December 13 and 14. And the moon rises later on December 14, providing more time for meteor-watching. 

The peak time of night is around 2 a.m. for all parts of the globe.

Both evenings – December 13 and 14 – are worth a try! I wish you will be lucky 

You can still view Geminids just before or after this date, but the last opportunity is on December 17.

Education:

Wow! Here's the spectacular Geminids meteor shower, this 13 December until dawn December 14! The awesome Geminid meteor shower will be back with its awesome show.

The winter, cold temperatures contribute in making this shower neglected by the public, while it offer bright, very enjoyable meteors. 

Fingers crossed that the Geminid meteor shower isn’t a snow day or a severe weather this year!. Hum!... not ver lucky December.

Most of us are excited about the Geminids shower. Schools, teachers, students and all skywatcher lovers. 

The Geminid meteor shower in Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park

14 December 2022

@forecaster25

I'm not a Sciences teachers. I'm Humanities and Arts teacher. But, I'm very attracted to Astronomy science.

The Geminids, along with the Perseids in August, are the two most active annual meteor showers. They can always be relied upon to put on a good show.

European schools are still working for a few days. Using smartphones, students will need a cable release chord. Luckily they can actually use their iPhone headphones' cable volume button to activate the shutter. And they also need an app designed to take long exposure photos.

Sciences curriculum will be enhanced with this awesome event! The Geminids meteor shower.

Do you want a better science lesson ? 

Some useful links:

NASA

https://blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/2022/12/02/the-2022-geminids-meteor-shower-is-approaching/

EarthSky

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-geminid-meteor-shower/

Almanac

https://www.almanac.com/content/what-are-geminids-geminid-meteor-shower

My publications The Geminids shower (2018; 2015) and The Persieids (2022) on this blog. 

 Be sure to tell us about your meteor shower experience below...

Happy stargazing! 

G-Souto

13.12.2022

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