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Getting Ready for the Eclipse

Solar Eclipse: Sun, Moon, and Earth line up, with the moon in the middle.Physics Phun Phacts about the Solar Eclipse

Join Joanne Rhodes, M.S. for a Special Session

Where: Manning Hall Room 201

When: Friday August 18

Time(s): 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

 

Join Joanne Rhodes, M.S. for a Special Session about Getting Ready for the Eclipse Join Joanne Rhodes, M.S. for a Special Session about Getting Ready for the Eclipse

 

Giveaways - certified eyewear for the eclipse while supply lasts

Additional Resources:

Eclipse Party Planner.

(Provided by Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society and publisher of American Scientist.)

  1. Use this tool to find out what the eclipse will look like in your area.
  2. Keep everyone's eyes safe by ordering certified eclipse glasses, use NASA's printable pinhole projectors, or see if your library is giving away free eclipse glasses.
  3. Share copies of Sigma Xi's Eclipse Viewing Guide.
  4. Brush up on your solar eclipse knowledge.
  5. Get involved with NASA's citizen science project.
  6. Discuss the partial lunar eclipse that was visible in Asia, Europe, Australia, East Africa, and Antarctica last week.
  7. Prepare eclipse cookies, fruit rockets, or moon pies.
  8. Once you see one, you will want to see more so make a list of future solar eclipses in North America.
  9. Take pictures and tweet them to @SigmaXiSociety or email them to executiveoffice@sigmaxi.org so we can share them.
  10. Fly along with the shadow across the U. S. In this animation. https://vimeo.com/73595112