A total solar eclipse – when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, completely blocking out the Sun – is a rare occurrence. However, many Canadians will be treated to this once-in-a-lifetime event on Monday, April 8, 2024, which will be visible across North America and dubbed the Great North American Eclipse.
Learning About Lux: Light and Solar Eclipses
Lessons
Students will observe, measure, record and graph light levels during a real or simulated solar eclipse.
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.
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.
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.
Evaline Warmels
Career Profiles
Mechatronic Engineer
I design, build, and test devices that use electricity to do something that a human couldn't do on their own.
Designing Rovers for the Moon’s Extreme Environment
Backgrounders
Learn about the extreme environment on the Moon and the challenges this poses for designing lunar rovers.
Artemis Goes to the Moon!
Backgrounders
Learn about NASA’s Space Launch System, which includes the Boeing-built Core Stage, and how it got Orion to the Moon and back again.
Can you design a rover that can survive on the moon?
Hands-on Activities
Design a lunar rover that can survive in the moon’s extreme environment.
Origin of Earth’s Moon
Backgrounders
Learn how Earth’s moon came to be and what we have learned from Moon rocks.
Canada Goes to the Moon!
Backgrounders
Learn about Canada’s new role in space exploration, what we plan to achieve on and around the Moon.
Evaline Warmels (Video)
Career Profiles
Mechatronical Engineer
As an electrical engineer at Canadensys, I help build robots (lunar landers) that will explore the surface of the moon.
Let's Talk Space Exploration Resources
Backgrounders
Discover a set of resources to develop background knowledge on the topic of space exploration.