Solar Eclipse 2024 Activities The Great North American Solar Eclipse April 8

On Monday, April 8th, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America. This resource includes solar eclipse activities to inform and engage your elementary students for this historic event.

Pick and choose from a variety of activities as a mini unit or an entire week of learning.

Don’t miss out on this great teaching opportunity as we won’t see another total solar eclipse of this magnitude in the U.S. until 2045.

In addition to the instructional passages and PowerPoints, this resource includes fun eclipsed themed games and activities in the end of the unit review brochure.

And you students will love the dose of video content we added with two interviews of well-known eclipse experts answering questions submitted other elementary school students.

Curriculum, lesson plans, review materials, comprehension questions, engaging games and activities and our exclusive video component; this resource has everything you need to teach and celebrate the 2024 Great North American Eclipse with your students!

What’s Included in This Resource:

• Instructional PowerPoint: Instructional slides for each day of the week if you want to do a week-long unit
• Review Brochure: Full of fun, engaging activities to review and wrap up eclipse week. Students will have so much fun completing their brochure, they won’t even realize they are reviewing key eclipse information.
• 2 Video Interviews: Two well-known eclipse community experts will share facts and firsthand eclipse experiences with your students as they respond to eclipse questions submitted by elementary students.
• Informative passages with comprehension questions and activities covering:

1. Moon phases
2. Duration of eclipses
3. North American eclipses
4. Types of eclipses
5. Eclipse safety