EJSHS Science Students Viewed the Eclipse
April 08, 2024
On Monday, April 8th at 1:35pm science students were released to the football field to view the partial solar eclipse. The maximum coverage for Eureka, Kansas was 89.5% and the students were outside to view it. They noticed the sky was darker and the temperature was cooler. The students were able to use pin-hole viewers they made in science class, the Sunspotter telescope, colanders and their eclipse glasses to safely view the eclipse.
A solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun covering up the sun and casting its shadow on the Earth. Even though the moon is 400 times smaller than the sun it is 400 times closer to the Earth. This makes the two celestial bodies appear to be the same size.
The next total solar eclipse in North America will not be until the year 2044 and the path of totality will only be visible in the US States of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana. The rest of the path will be in Canada and Greenland.
