Special Eclipse-Education Meet the Stars Events in January, February and March

Please join IU South Bend faculty and student hosts for all-ages educational programming designed as preparation for the April 8th, 2024, solar eclipse (link to NASA’s eclipse site). These events are free, open to the public, and all are welcome!

These are intended to be fun yet educational and structured so that attendees have multiple simultaneous opportunities to participate in all or just a subset of the planned activities.

This is a collaborative program organized by faculty from the School of Education and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Faculty include Prof. Terri Hebert, Dept. of Professional Education Services, and Profs. Jerry Hinnefeld and Henry Scott, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy; there will also be student volunteers from the Physics Club and Prof. Hebert’s science-methods courses.

The programs will be offered once a month in January, February and March:

• Tuesday, January 23^rd; 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Note: the January event was cancelled due to severe weather
• Tuesday, February 27^st; 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, March 26^st; 8:30 – 9:30 p.m.

The programming for each evening will consist of three concurrent sessions, each repeating, so that attendees can participate in all three on a given evening:

• Hands-On Activities Designed to Build Intuitive Understanding of Eclipse Phenomena (Organizer: Prof. Terri Hebert, Science Education, IUSB School of Education)
• 15-Minute Eclipse-Overview Presentation (Speaker: Prof. Henry Scott, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, IUSB College of Liberal Arts & Sciences)
• 15-Minute Observatory Tour with Viewing if Skies Are Clear (Guide: Prof. Jerry Hinnefeld, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, IUSB College of Liberal Arts & Sciences)

To attend, please come to the north entrance of Northside Hall. We’ll gather initially by the elevators right outside the Joshi Performance Hall with student volunteers leading groups to the various program locations. It is easiest to enter the parking lot from the east off of 20th St, which runs between Mishwawaka Ave (to the north) and Northside Blvd (to the south). The location marked as “MTS Gathering Spot” is right outside the doors that lead in to the elevators.