Eclipse Training

The following documents are courtesy Rice Space Institute and may be freely copied for noncommercial educational use.

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Earn Professional Development Hours

• 1.5 hours
  After viewing the Eclipse Training Video below, send an email to Prof Patricia Reiff reiff@rice.edu and include four things you learned from the video to receive a certificate for 1.5 hours.
  OR
  attend one of our in-person teacher trainings at Rice, CAST or NSTA. (note - the powerpoint below HAS been updated for 2023/2024)
• 4 hours
  Download and complete the Eclipse Math homework AND watch the training video. Email summary to Prof Patricia Reiff reiff@rice.edu to receive a certificate for 4 hours.
• 45 credit hours
  Take our "Teaching Earth and Space Science Course (ASTR 502)".(Next offered fall 2023).Teachers can audit for PD hours or take for full 3 hours academic credit. Contact Dr. Reiff for details. Meets Monday evenings 6-9 pm; can be done remotely via Zoom.

Eclipse Training Video

Eclipse Training Resources

• Eclipse101.pdf [5.8 MB]
  PDF file with images from the Solar Eclipse 101 training video
• Eclipse101 Powerpoint [warning - large 137 MB] | README
  Powerpoint file with images and animation clips from the Solar Eclipse 101 training video
• Eclipse Math - Proportions and Angular Size [221 KB]
  PDF homework file
• Handouts for TEXAS NEXUS: DON’T MISS THE ECLIPSES
  Pat Reiff at CAST meeting, Dallas TX

Links

• Eclipses - main Eclipse page at space.rice.edu
• Eclipse Animations visualization page to view and download eclipse animations seen in the Solar Eclipse 101 training resources