Wow, wow, wow!
That's pretty much all I can say when I think about experiencing the solar eclipse with my Twosies! We were so lucky to get to experience this once in a lifetime event and turn it into an incredible learning opportunity.
Our school was so excited, the whole school wore black...BLACKOUT!
The week prior to the eclipse, the Twosies watched several videos and read lots of information about what would happen that day. On the actual day of the eclipse, we completed rotations through all of the second grade classrooms.
The Twosies participated in activities like...
creating an eclipse model
making moon sand
learning about circadian rhythm
demonstrating the eclipse with Oreos
the history of (and eating) Moon Pies
discovering what happens to animals in an eclipse
designing corona art
listening to eclipse folktales and storytelling with shadow puppets
We then spent the afternoon observing the sun with our eclipse glasses and tracking the progression of the moon across the sun. We celebrated with Sun Chips and Sunny D!
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