Eclipse 101- Start here to find information about the eclipse on August 21, 2017.Activities For HomeNASA Eclipse Activity GuideDIY Cereal Box Eclipse Viewer2D & 3D Pinhole ProjectorsK-12 Activities For SchoolPBS Learning MediaSolar Eclipse Across AmericaNewsELA articleElementary Level ActivitiesEdible Model of the sun(link is external)How Can the Little Moon Hide the Giant sun – Scale Activity(link is external)K-4 focused lessons about the sun (link is external) K-4 Our Very Own Star Story(link is external)Layers of the sun Diagram(link is external)Make a sun on Paper Activity(link is external)NSTA's Science & Children - Jan2017 - Get Ready for the Great American Eclipse by FulcoNSTA's Science & Children - Feb2017 - Countdown to the Great American Eclipse by FulcoNSTA's Science & Children - Mar2017 - Preparing for the Eclipse, How to Safely Observe the sun with Young Children by Hurst, Plummer, Gurton and SchatzNSTA's Science & Children - Mar2017 - Eclipses and Eye Safety by Charles FulcoPlaying with Magnetism; Exploring Magnetic Fields(link is external)Scale Model of the sun and Earth(link is external)Various phases of the moon throughout the month(link is external)Middle School Level ActivitiesBall and String Earth-Moon Model (pp. 13-20)(link is external)Eclipse Cereal Box ViewerEclipse Simulator(link is external)NASA Wavelengths and Sunspots(link is external), Esseacourses.strategies.org(link is external)NSTA's Science Scope - Mar2017 - The August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse, The Perfect Opportunity to Highlight Three-Dimensional Science Learning by Schatz and FraknoiNSTA's Science Scope - Mar2017 - Science Teachers as Community Eclipse Outreach Agents by Fraknoi and SchatzNSTA's Science Scope - Oct2016 - Exploring Lunar and Solar Eclipses via a 3-D Modeling Design Task by Miranda, Kruse and HermannSolarscapes – plot and analyze Sunspots and sun’s period of rotation.(link is external)Space Faring: The Radiation Challenge MS(link is external)The Last Total Solar Eclipse…Ever! Math (p.34)(link is external)The sun and Magnetic Fields(link is external)High School Level ActivitiesChange Pairs – Analyze and compare images taken by Solar Dynamics Observatory(link is external)Modeling Meaningful Eclipses(link is external)American Association of Physics TeachersNSTA's The Science Teacher - Mar2017 - Total Eclipse. An Ideal Opportunity to Practice Three-Dimensional Science Learning by Schatz and FraknoiNSTA's The Science Teacher - Mar2017- Becoming a Solar Eclipse Outreach Agent by Fraknoi and SchatzNSTA's The Science Teacher - Mar2017 - Modeling the Eclipse by Thornburgh and Tretter Credit: National Science Teachers Association (Science Scope, Science & Children and The Science Teacher) permission granted by Mr. Ken Roberts, the Assistant Executive Director of NSTA Periodicals
Eclipse 101- Start here to find information about the eclipse on August 21, 2017.
Activities For Home
NASA Eclipse Activity Guide
DIY Cereal Box Eclipse Viewer
2D & 3D Pinhole Projectors
K-12 Activities For School
PBS Learning Media
Solar Eclipse Across America
NewsELA article
Elementary Level Activities
Edible Model of the sun(link is external)
How Can the Little Moon Hide the Giant sun – Scale Activity(link is external)
K-4 focused lessons about the sun (link is external)
K-4 Our Very Own Star Story(link is external)
Layers of the sun Diagram(link is external)
Make a sun on Paper Activity(link is external)
NSTA's Science & Children - Jan2017 - Get Ready for the Great American Eclipse by Fulco
NSTA's Science & Children - Feb2017 - Countdown to the Great American Eclipse by Fulco
NSTA's Science & Children - Mar2017 - Preparing for the Eclipse, How to Safely Observe the sun with Young Children by Hurst, Plummer, Gurton and Schatz
NSTA's Science & Children - Mar2017 - Eclipses and Eye Safety by Charles Fulco
Playing with Magnetism; Exploring Magnetic Fields(link is external)
Scale Model of the sun and Earth(link is external)
Various phases of the moon throughout the month(link is external)
Middle School Level Activities
Ball and String Earth-Moon Model (pp. 13-20)(link is external)
Eclipse Cereal Box Viewer
Eclipse Simulator(link is external)
NASA Wavelengths and Sunspots(link is external), Esseacourses.strategies.org(link is external)
NSTA's Science Scope - Mar2017 - The August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse, The Perfect Opportunity to Highlight Three-Dimensional Science Learning by Schatz and Fraknoi
NSTA's Science Scope - Mar2017 - Science Teachers as Community Eclipse Outreach Agents by Fraknoi and Schatz
NSTA's Science Scope - Oct2016 - Exploring Lunar and Solar Eclipses via a 3-D Modeling Design Task by Miranda, Kruse and Hermann
Solarscapes – plot and analyze Sunspots and sun’s period of rotation.(link is external)
Space Faring: The Radiation Challenge MS(link is external)
The Last Total Solar Eclipse…Ever! Math (p.34)(link is external)
The sun and Magnetic Fields(link is external)
High School Level Activities
Change Pairs – Analyze and compare images taken by Solar Dynamics Observatory(link is external)
Modeling Meaningful Eclipses(link is external)
American Association of Physics Teachers
NSTA's The Science Teacher - Mar2017 - Total Eclipse. An Ideal Opportunity to Practice Three-Dimensional Science Learning by Schatz and Fraknoi
NSTA's The Science Teacher - Mar2017- Becoming a Solar Eclipse Outreach Agent by Fraknoi and Schatz
NSTA's The Science Teacher - Mar2017 - Modeling the Eclipse by Thornburgh and Tretter
Credit: National Science Teachers Association (Science Scope, Science & Children and The Science Teacher) permission granted by Mr. Ken Roberts, the Assistant Executive Director of NSTA Periodicals