Cities and states across the U.S. are preparing for an influx of visitors for the April 8 eclipse. A look at preparations and planned events for the eclipse.
For schools in or near the path of totality of the April 8 eclipse, the event has inspired lessons in science, literacy and culture.CLEVELAND — Seventh-grade student Henry Cohen bounced side to side in time to the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” playing in teacher Nancy Morris’ classroom, swinging his arms open and closed across the planets pictured on his T-shirt.
“We want them to leave here that day feeling they’re a very small part of a pretty magnificent planet that we live on, and world that we live in, and that there’s some real amazing things that we can experience in the natural world,” Simon said.Second-grade students try out eclipse viewing glasses that they decorated at Riverside Elementary School in Cleveland on March 14, 2024.
But there is no better lesson than the real thing, said Schatz, who encourages educators to use the eclipse as"a teachable moment.” “This is important for our teachers to understand,” she said, “so when they’re teaching, they can address all of these elements.”Alex Impion, 12, shines a flashlight on a model moon held by Necmeddin Aljabri, 8, at Riverside Elementary School in Cleveland on March 14, 2024.
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