Educator Eclipse Resources
Winter Learning Conference Presentation
- Interested in teaching your staff about the eclipse? Use this presentation!
Teaching about the Solar Eclipse Relevant TEKS Guide
PreK/Early Elementary Workbooks & Activities
- Pre-K/Kinder week ahead activities (pdf; editable canva template)
- 1st and 2nd grade (pdf; editable canva template)
- 3rd and 4th grade (pdf; editable canva template)
- Eclipse Elapsed Time Ruler (pdf; canva)
- Make an Eclipse Glasses Mask! (simplykinder.com)
Other Elementary Resources
- "What is an Eclipse?" NASA Article (K-4 Level)
- Canva Lessons - a set of 3 lessons in Canva for Grades 3-4
- Pinhole Projector - how to make, teacher guide, and instructions on tracking the moon's shadow
- Astronomical Society of the Pacific - songs, activities, and ways to talk to your students about the differences between night and day, and the moon! This is specifically for 4-6 year olds.
Middle School & High School
- Modeling Eclipses Activity
- Eclipse in a Cup
- "What is an Eclipse?" - NASA Article (5-8 Article)
- Pinhole Projector - how to make, teacher guide, and instructions on tracking the moon's shadow
- Eclipses Virtual Lab
- Take & Teach from SAVVAS K-12
Connecting to other content areas (for grades 7-12):
- Art - Eclipses in Art (from Princeton Museum of Art)
- Art - Eclipses in Art History
- ELA - Eclipse Stories and Legends
- ELA - National Geographic - Eclipse Myths
- LOTE - Eclipse Glossary in Spanish, Chinese and French
- LOTE/Social Studies - Library of Congress - Eclipses in previous civilizations
- LOTE/Social Studies - Space.com - the Aztecs and Eclipses
- Music - NASA resource on Music and Eclipses
- Social Studies - Primary Source for the last Total Solar Eclipse in Dallas in 1827
- Social Studies - History of Solar Eclipses and Sources as early as 2000 BCE.
General Educator Resources
- NSTA Solar Eclipse Viewing Guide
- NSTA Educator and Administrator Eclipse Booklet & More Resources
- https://astrosociety.org/education-outreach/eclipse.html - The Astronomical Society for the Pacific has some educator resources, including a fun yardstick activity
- https://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/learn - The Exploratorium Eclipse information, including some interesting videos for students
- Webinar - The Eclipse with Young Children - from the Astronomical Soc. of the Pacific
- UDallas Eclipse Fun Facts
- https://space.rice.edu/eclipse/eclipse_resources.html - Eclipse Resources including Lessons, Kahoots and Educator Resources
- Basic Activities about Eclipses, the Moon, and the Sun - A 4 page document full of activities, put together by astronomer/educator Andrew Fraknoi
Citizen Scientist Opportunities through NASA:
- https://eclipsesoundscapes.org/ - this project studies how the eclipse affect life on earth. They need help collecting multi-sensory observations (sound recordings). They also have lesson plans for educators to use.
- GLOBE Eclipse - a temporary tool in the GLOBE Observer app that will help you document air temperature and clouds during an eclipse