![Light meter in front of solar eclipse](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2024-03/2024_Stock_light-meter-eclipse-header_EN_ResourceBody.jpg?itok=yU6cJPuB)
Learning About Lux: Light and Solar Eclipses
Lessons
Students will observe, measure, record and graph light levels during a real or simulated solar eclipse.
![Earth with ruler](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2024-03/eclipse-with-ruler-pixlr.png?itok=gJ8Ur5Kg)
3 Part Math Task - Modeling a Total Solar Eclipse
Lessons
Students will learn about the size and position of the Sun, moon and Earth during a solar eclipse using a 3-Part Math Task.
![Two cartoon people watching a solar eclipse](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2024-03/primary-eclipse-header.png?itok=bTKApAI_)
Let’s Learn About Solar Eclipses
Lessons
Students will learn about solar eclipses by role-playing the Sun, the Moon and the Earth.
![Lenny and Lexie wearing eclipse glasses](/sites/default/files/2024-03/lexie%20eclipseheader.png)
Lenny and Lexie Get Ready for a Solar Eclipse
Hands-on Activities
Help Lenny and Lexie get ready for a solar eclipse using your unplugged coding skills.
![Child using box eclipse viewer](/sites/default/files/2024-02/Eclipse_viewer_header.jpg)
Three Ways to Make a Solar Eclipse Viewer
Hands-on Activities
Safely view a solar eclipse by making and using a pinhole solar eclipse viewer.
![Winter in the woods](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2023-12/winterinthewoods%20no%20text.jpg?itok=yyk4SENY)
Winter in the Woods Interactive
Interactives
Click around the interactive image below to learn more about animals that hibernate in Canadian winters.
![Close up of the Sun’s surface](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2023-11/sun-closeup_GettyImages-1364036630.jpg?itok=GGfDY4y-)
Solar Storms: Exploring the Sun's Explosive Outbursts
Backgrounders
Learn about solar storms and how they impact Earth.
![SuperDARN radar station](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2023-12/space-weather-header.jpg?itok=8QgThDY7)
Observing and Predicting Space Weather in Canada
Backgrounders
Learn about how Canadian scientists observe and predict space weather.
![Silhouette of person in front of aurora](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2023-11/aurora-header_GettyImages-510389812.jpg?itok=lvAgTCaV)
Auroras: Spectacular Light Shows
Backgrounders
Learn about auroras - spectacular light shows in the night sky.
![Sun magnetic field lines](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2023-11/Sun%20magnetic%20field%20header.jpg?itok=C1Wuke5t)
The Magnetic Sun
Backgrounders
Did you know that the Sun, like Earth, has magnetic field? This field affects our planet and our solar system! Let’s learn more about how it works.
![Annular solar eclipse taken by a solar optical telescope](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2023-11/2023_Stock_solar-eclipse-header_Bil_ResourceBody.jpg?itok=HXGKC7FS)
Get Ready for a Total Solar Eclipse!
Backgrounders
Learn all about solar eclipses.
![Solar corona](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2023-09/2023_IntroSun-header_Bil_ResourceHeader.jpg?itok=kx4AN5Y4)
Introducing the Sun
Backgrounders
Learn the basics of the star we call the Sun.
![Charlotte Cockburn standing in front of signs indicating distance to a variety of locations from Alert, Nunavut.](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2023-07/Charlotte%20Cockburn.jpg?itok=wqADLIdD)
Charlotte Cockburn (she/her)
Career Profiles
Physical Scientist
Evaline Warmels
Career Profiles
Mechatronic Engineer