Bilingual Spanish/English Solar Science Kits

This NASA@ My Library offering will provide 30 public libraries in areas with a large percentage of Spanish speakers (or patrons of Hispanic/Latinx descent) with a Solar Science kit meant to support the October 2023 and April 2024 eclipses, and other astronomy/solar science activities. The draft kit list is as follows:

- 4.5" Dobsonian Telescope with solar filter and moon filter
- 2 SunSpotters
- Materials for "Moon Bear's Shadow" Activity
- "Sorting Games" Activity
- "Eclipse Soundscapes" Citizen Science Tools and Activities
- GLOBE Eclipse Citizen Science project: Postcards + Taylor 1441 digital thermometer
- Selection of eclipse books

All items will be bilingual Spanish and English. Applications are due July 30th.

Apply Today!

Acitivity of the Month:

Eclipse Chalk Art

Observing a total solar eclipse can be an exciting, once in a life time experience! Long before there were cameras or telescopes, eclipse watchers recorded what they saw in the sky in words, drawings, and paintings. Patrons can have fun creating their own picture of a solar eclipse with chalk and paper!

This activity comes with step-by-step instructions, eclipse facts and descriptions, as well as a how-to video!

Click Here to View Activity

Science Through the Shadows

Over the next three years, the Fiske Planetarium production team (in collaboration with the Chabot Science Center and the Michigan Science Center) will produce and distribute short 3-6 minute videos about eclipses, occultations, and transits. All videos will be provided FREE in both English and Spanish.

The second episode, Total Eclipse of the Sun, has just been released! This video highlights the upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8th, 2024 across North America. It teaches audience members what to expect on eclipse day, how to safely view the eclipse, and why it will be worth it to travel to the path of totality!

Watch ‘Total Eclipse of the Sun

Eclipse Experts for Your Programs!

The SEAL team is working on a number of fronts to find "eclipse experts" who can work with their local libraries and provide eclipse information, programs, or safe viewing instructions. Many libraries already have professional or amateur astronomers, or science teachers, that they worked with in 2017 and are getting back in touch. But if you are new to eclipse outreach, and want to take the initiative, we have a resource for you. Project astronomers and dedicated list maker, Andrew Fraknoi, has put together a guide to where and how you can find local eclipse experts.

Click Here to Learn More

The STAR Library Network (STAR Net) is a hands-on learning network for libraries and their communities across the country. STAR Net focuses on helping library professionals build their STEM skills by providing “science-technology activities and resources” (STAR) and training to use those resources.

STAR Net is built upon a strong network of collaborators and partners, led by the Space Science Institute’s (SSI) National Center for Interactive Learning (NCIL). Funding is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

SEAL Blogs

Getting started with SEAL? Find eclipse and Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries resources here!

We’ve put together a list of links and resources relevant to the Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries project below. We’ll be updating this post with new resources regularly, so be sure to bookmark and check back for new and exciting stuff!

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Learn about incorporating citizen science into your eclipse programming with STAR Net’s SEAL Virtual Trainings

Citizen science is a great way to have STEM/STEAM programming at your library that helps contribute real data to ongoing science research and makes a great addition to your library’s solar science and eclipse programming leading to the 2023 and 2024 eclipses.

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Eclipse Dates

Annular Solar Eclipse

Saturday, October 14th, 2023

Total Solar Eclipse

Monday, April 8th, 2024

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