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New Publication "Celebrating the Wonder of Science in the Shadow"

Catherine McCarthy, Arizona State University
Bulletin of the AAS Celebrating the Wonder of Science in the Shadow 2024 screenshot
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The Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society (BAAS) has published a new special issue entitled, "Celebrating the Wonder of Science in the Shadow."

This special issue is the first in a series intended to document how professional scientists, educational outreach professionals, community scientists, teachers, students, amateur astronomers, artists, park rangers, other professionals, and individuals of all ages provide eclipse-related outreach, science, viewing experiences, demonstrations and observations, community science experiments, and other related experiences.

The publication is available online and is free to read and articles are free to download:

https://baas.aas.org/science-inthe-shadow

 

One of the articles in the publication highlights the public engagement activities of NISE Network partners throughout the United States during the solar eclipses in 2017 and 2023, as well as plans for 2024.

Sincere thanks to NISE Network partners across the country for all their work preparing their communities and making these solar eclipse memorable occasions!

BAAS Journal article Preparing Museum and Science Center Educators to Engage the Public across the United States for the 2017 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipses screenshot.
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McCarthy, C., Leavell, C., Jackson, A., & Porcello, D. (2024). Preparing Museum and Science Center Educators to Engage the Public across the United States for the 2017, 2023, and 2024 Solar Eclipses. Bulletin of the AAS56(3). https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.84ce9019

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The Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society (BAAS) will be soliciting additional submissions of articles after the April 8th solar eclipse, learn more:

https://baas.aas.org/

https://baas.aas.org/pub/2024i3n001/release/1?readingCollection=66ff75f0


Solar eclipse 2023 slide showing two images from the March 2015 Solar Eclipse; the left image shows a partial solar eclipse and the right shows a total solar eclipse
Compilation of public engagement resources nisenet.org/solareclipse

NISE Network compilation of solar eclipse public engagement resources

https://www.nisenet.org/solareclipse