This month on It’s Time for Science, it’s time for prolonged studying! Host Tom Racine talks with Dr. Bryan Méndez in regards to the upcoming photo voltaic eclipse and curriculum specialist Erica Beck Spencer about getting children exterior.
Episode Abstract
Tom talks with Dr. Méndez about what an eclipse really is, together with what to anticipate from a complete photo voltaic eclipse, how to have a look at the eclipse safely, and easy methods to interact your college students with this superb celestial occasion.
A Reminder on Eclipse Security
As Dr. Méndez factors out, whereas it’s technically protected to look immediately on the eclipse through the “temporary and spectacular interval often known as totality,” this solely applies to these people who will likely be within the path of the whole eclipse after which ONLY for the small period of time through the totality.
For extra on eclipse security, try our newest FOSS Insights article. For data on the place and easy methods to view an upcoming eclipse, go to NASA’s web site on the hyperlink beneath.
2024 Photo voltaic Eclipse Info
Ms. Beck Spencer discusses how going exterior can profit college students’ psychological well being, how starved they typically are for outdoor time, a few of her favourite actions (and easy methods to efficiently handle them), and connecting inside studying with exterior studying. She additionally discusses connecting to native experiences, together with native sources designed to assist educators get children exterior.
Episode Visitors
Dr. Bryan Méndez
Dr. Bryan Méndez is an astronomer on the College of California, Berkeley. He’s the Planetarium Director on the Lawrence Corridor of Science, creates academic programming for NASA missions on the Area Sciences Laboratory, and teaches lessons for the Astronomy Division.
Dr. Méndez is a household man who likes to spend time together with his spouse and twin boys, a sci-fi/fantasy fan with specific obsessions for Star Wars and Star Trek, a saxophonist, and an beginner filmmaker. He’s multicultural, of Mexican and European heritage, and strives to foster various views in his work.
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Erica Beck Spencer
Erica Beck Spencer is a curriculum specialist with the Full Possibility Science System™ (FOSS®) and spearheaded the Taking FOSS Outdoor initiative. Along with her growth work, she has collaborated with over 50 districts and tens of hundreds of educators on implementing the FOSS program. She has labored with hundreds of formal and nonformal lecturers about instructing exterior. She has served on the board of administrators for the Maine Environmental Training Affiliation, Rippleffect, and will likely be stepping up because the board president for the Maine Math and Science Alliance. Earlier than working for FOSS, she taught in city colleges in Cambridge, Boston, and Portland, Maine.
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