Although it rained, so we couldn't watch the "Great (Annular) Eclipse of 2017" outside, our morning Learning 4Life Success class learned a lot about eclipses.
- We learned why it was important to view the actual eclipse through special eclipse glasses. (We even tried them on!)
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| Tre tries the Eclipse glasses and discovers no light! |
- We examined the "path of totality" for upcoming total solar eclipses. They are considered "rare" because you can only see them if you are in the path of the shadow of the moon.
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| You can only see the total eclipse from within the "path of totality." You have to be in the "right place at the right time." |
- We calculated what our age will be at the next total solar eclipse in the USA in 2024. Wonder where we will be??
- We even created our own solar eclipse, with each of us standing in for the main "actors"- Tre served as the sun, Maggie as the Earth, and Brandon, orbiting the Earth, sent his shadow onto the surface of the Earth. Although our classroom lighting was less than ideal, we imagined both the "umbra" and the "penumbra."
- Our Word Wall was launched with our new words from the eclipse experience! Yay! (If you are wondering, the word "stereotype" came from our later discussion that morning, not from our eclipse learning.)
- Here's the moment of totality (the moment when the shadow of the moon covers a point at earth so that it appears that the sun is "covered up.") As you can see, we livestreamed it from Nebraska.
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| We learned that the "corona" (comes from the root word for "crown") is the light peeking out from behind the moon. |
