{"id":8906,"date":"2024-04-03T12:49:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T12:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=8906"},"modified":"2024-04-03T12:49:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T12:49:43","slug":"escuelas-en-el-trayecto-del-eclipse-solar-de-abril-se-preparan-para-aprovechar-la-leccion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/03\/escuelas-en-el-trayecto-del-eclipse-solar-de-abril-se-preparan-para-aprovechar-la-leccion\/","title":{"rendered":"Escuelas en el trayecto del eclipse solar de abril se preparan para aprovechar la lecci\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"

Por CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press<\/a><\/p>\n

CLEVELAND, Mar 28, 2024 (AP): \u00a0El alumno de s\u00e9ptimo grado Henry Cohen se meneaba al son del tema de los Beatles \u201cHere Comes the Sun\u201d en el aula de la maestra Nancy Morris, abriendo y cerrando los brazos sobre los planetas pintados en su camiseta.<\/p>\n

Henry y sus compa\u00f1eros de clase en la escuela Riverside de Cleveland estaban todos de pie, bailando durante una clase especial vinculada con el eclipse solar total de abril. Otros alumnos de segundo grado, invitados especialmente, estaban sentados de piernas cruzadas en el piso y re\u00edan mientras constru\u00edan modelos de gafas para mirar eclipses. Los pupitres y estantes estaban cubiertos de dioramas con modelos de la tierra, la luna y linternas que hac\u00edan las veces del sol.<\/p>\n

Henry dijo que su camiseta reflejaba su fascinaci\u00f3n con el espacio, que considera un \u201cmisterio interesante\u201d. El eclipse \u201ces una posibilidad en un mill\u00f3n y me alegra estar presente para verlo\u201d, dijo.<\/p>\n

Para las escuelas en la trayectoria de totalidad del eclipse del 8 de abril, el evento ha dado lugar a lecciones especiales de ciencia, literatura y cultura general. Algunos colegios est\u00e1n organizando a grupos de alumnos para que vean el eclipse, se sobrecojan con la oscuridad en pleno d\u00eda y aprendan sobre el fen\u00f3meno astron\u00f3mico que lo explica.<\/p>\n

El distrito escolar de Portville, Nueva York, cerca del l\u00edmite con Pensilvania, se encuentra apenas afuera del trayecto de totalidad. Su plan es llevar a los 500 alumnos del s\u00e9ptimo al 12do grado en bus a un antiguo establo sobre un valle. All\u00ed podr\u00e1n seguir la sombra del eclipse cuando se produzca alrededor de las 3:20 de la tarde hora del este (2020 GMT).<\/p>\n

Fue necesario modificar el horario escolar para poder hacerlo, pero el jefe del distrito escolar, Thomas Simon, dijo que los docentes no quer\u00edan perder una oportunidad para el aprendizaje, sobre todo en una \u00e9poca en que los estudiantes conocen buena parte de la vida solamente a trav\u00e9s de las pantallas.<\/p>\n

\u201cQueremos que terminen ese d\u00eda con la sensaci\u00f3n de que son una parte muy peque\u00f1a de un magn\u00edfico planeta en el cual vivimos y que hay cosas verdaderamente fascinantes que podemos experimentar en el mundo natural\u201d, dijo Simon.<\/p>\n

Las escuelas en Cleveland y algunas otras ciudades por donde pasar\u00e1 el eclipse cerrar\u00e1n ese d\u00eda para que los estudiantes no se encuentren en autobuses o en medio de las multitudes que previsiblemente se formar\u00e1n. En Riverside, Morris elabor\u00f3 una serie de actividades pr\u00e1cticas, juegos y modelos para educar e interesar a sus alumnos antes del gran d\u00eda.<\/p>\n

\u201cEn verdad, no comprend\u00edan lo importante que es esto hasta que empezamos a hablar sobre ello\u201d, dijo Morris.<\/p>\n

Los curr\u00edculos escolares en materia de ciencias en todos los estados incluyen las fases de la luna y los eclipses, dijo Dennis Schatz, expresidente de la Asociaci\u00f3n Nacional de Ense\u00f1anza de Ciencias. Algunos distritos escolares tienen sus propios planetarios \u2014reliquias de la carrera espacial de la d\u00e9cada de 1960\u2014 donde los estudiantes pueden recibir lecciones de astronom\u00eda.<\/p>\n

Pero no hay mejor lecci\u00f3n que el fen\u00f3meno real, dijo Schatz, quien exhorta a los docentes a aprovechar el eclipse como \u201cun buen momento para la educaci\u00f3n\u201d.<\/p>\n

Es precisamente lo que piensan hacer las maestras de ciencias Anita Orozco y Katherine Roberts en la escuela Lamplighter de Dallas: llevar\u00e1n a todos sus estudiantes desde el preescolar hasta cuarto grado a verlo afuera. En un taller de ense\u00f1anza en la Universidad de Texas en Dallas les dijeron que ser\u00eda \u201ccasi un crimen\u201d mantener a los estudiantes puertas adentro.<\/p>\n

\u201cQueremos que nuestros estudiantes sientan la fascinaci\u00f3n de la ciencia como la sentimos nosotros\u201d, dijo Roberts. \u201cQueremos que comprendan y sientan el asombro de este magn\u00edfico evento\u201d.<\/p>\n

Manejar a ni\u00f1os tan j\u00f3venes tiene sus dificultades, pero \u201cqueremos que sea un evento\u201d, dijo Orozco.<\/p>\n

Al formar a futuros docentes en ciencias, la profesora Noemi Waight, de la Universidad de Buffalo, los alienta a incorporar la manera como la cultura afecta la experiencia del eclipse. Por ejemplo, para los nativos de Am\u00e9rica del Norte, puede ser un hecho sagrado.<\/p>\n

\u201cEs importante que nuestros docentes lo comprendan\u201d, dijo, \u201cas\u00ed cuando ense\u00f1an pueden incorporar todos estos elementos\u201d.<\/p>\n

El Club de Amigos de STEM de la Universidad Estatal de Nueva York Brockport planea realizar actividades relacionadas con el eclipse con los alumnos de cuarto grado del maestro Christopher Albrecht, con la esperanza de contagiarles su pasi\u00f3n por la ciencia, tecnolog\u00eda, ingenier\u00eda y matem\u00e1tica.<\/p>\n

\u201cQuiero mostrar a los estudiantes lo que es posible\u201d, dijo Allison Blum, de 20 a\u00f1os, estudiante de f\u00edsica con especialidad en astrof\u00edsica. \u201cSe conocen los trabajos populares, como el de astronauta, pero no se conocen todas las posibilidades de los distintos campos\u201d.<\/p>\n

Albrecht quiere aprovechar el inter\u00e9s de sus alumnos en el eclipse para estimular tambi\u00e9n el amor por la lectura.<\/p>\n

\u201cEsta es una gran oportunidad para leer mucho con ellos\u201d, dijo Albrecht. Ha escogido los libros \u201cWhat Is a Solar Eclipse?\u201d (\u00bfQu\u00e9 es un eclipse solar?) de Dana Meachen Rau, y \u201cA Few Beautiful Minutes\u201d (Unos Pocos Minutos Bellos) de Kate Allen Fox para leer con su clase en la escuela primaria Hill de Brockport, Nueva York.<\/p>\n

\u201cEs atrapar su inter\u00e9s, y al mismo tiempo estimular su imaginaci\u00f3n\u201d, asegur\u00f3.<\/p>\n

El periodista de The Associated Press Patrick Orsagos contribuy\u00f3 a este despacho.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Schools in the path of April’s total solar eclipse prepare for a natural teaching moment<\/strong><\/p>\n

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press<\/a><\/p>\n

CLEVELAND, Mar 28, 2024 (AP): Seventh-grade student Henry Cohen bounced side to side in time to the Beatles\u2019 \u201cHere Comes the Sun\u201d playing in teacher Nancy Morris\u2019 classroom, swinging his arms open and closed across the planets pictured on his T-shirt.<\/p>\n

Henry and other classmates at Cleveland’s Riverside School were on their feet, dancing during a session of activities tied to April’s\u00a0total solar eclipse<\/a>. Second-graders invited in for the lessons sat cross-legged on the floor, laughing as they modeled newly decorated eclipse viewing glasses. Dioramas with softball-sized model earths and moons and flashlight \u201csuns\u201d occupied desks and shelves around the room.<\/p>\n

Henry said his shirt reflected his love of space, which he called \u201ca cool mystery.\u201d The eclipse, he said, \u201cis a one in a million chance and I\u2019m glad I get to be here for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

For schools in or near\u00a0the path of totality<\/a>\u00a0of the April 8 eclipse, the event has inspired lessons in science, literacy and culture. Some schools also are organizing group viewings for students to\u00a0experience the awe of daytime darkness<\/a>\u00a0and learn about the astronomy behind it together.<\/p>\n

A hair out of the path of totality, the school system in Portville, New York, near the Pennsylvania line, plans to load its 500 seventh- through 12th-grade students onto buses and drive about 15 minutes into the path, to an old horse barn overlooking a valley. There, they will be able to\u00a0trace the shadow of the eclipse<\/a>\u00a0as it arrives around 3:20 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n

It required rearranging the hours of the school day to remain in session, but Superintendent Thomas Simon said staff did not want to miss out on the learning opportunity, especially at a time when when students experience so much of life through screens.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want them to leave here that day feeling they\u2019re a very small part of a pretty magnificent planet that we live on, and world that we live in, and that there\u2019s some real amazing things that we can experience in the natural world,\u201d Simon said.<\/p>\n

Schools in Cleveland and some other cities in the eclipse’s path will be closed that day so that students aren\u2019t stuck on buses or in crowds of people expected to converge. At Riverside, Morris came up with a mix of crafts, games and models to educate and engage her students ahead of time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey really were not realizing what a big deal this was until we really started talking about it,” Morris said.<\/p>\n

Learning about\u00a0phases of the moon and eclipses<\/a>\u00a0is built into every state\u2019s science standards, said Dennis Schatz, past president of the National Science Teaching Association. Some school systems have their own planetariums \u2014 relics of the 1960s space race \u2014 where students can take in educational shows about astronomy.<\/p>\n

But there is no better lesson than the real thing, said Schatz, who encourages educators to use the eclipse as “a teachable moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dallas science teachers Anita Orozco and Katherine Roberts plan to do just that at the Lamplighter School, arranging for the entire pre-K- through fourth-grade student body to watch it together outdoors. The teachers spent a Saturday in March at a teaching workshop at the University of Texas at Dallas where they were told it would be \u201calmost criminal\u201d to keep students inside.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want our students to love science as much as we do,” Roberts said, “and we just want them understanding and also having the awe of how crazy this event is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wrangling young children may be a challenge, Orozco said, but \u201cwe want it to be an event.”<\/p>\n

In training future science teachers, University at Buffalo professor Noemi Waight has encouraged her student teachers to incorporate how culture shapes the way people experience an eclipse. Native Americans, for example, may view the total eclipse as\u00a0something sacred<\/a>, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is important for our teachers to understand,\u201d she said, \u201cso when they\u2019re teaching, they can address all of these elements.\u201d<\/p>\n

The STEM Friends Club from the State University of New York Brockport planned eclipse-related activities with fourth-grade students at teacher Christopher Albrecht\u2019s class, hoping to pass along their passion for science, technology, engineering and math to younger students.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to show students what is possible,\u201d said Allison Blum, 20, a physics major focused on astrophysics. \u201cYou know those big mainstream jobs, like astronaut, but you don\u2019t really know what\u2019s possible with the different fields.\u201d<\/p>\n

Albrecht sees his fourth-grade students’ interest in the eclipse as a chance to incorporate literacy into lessons, too \u2014 maybe even spark a love of reading.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is is a great opportunity to read a lot with them,\u201d Albrecht said. He has picked \u201cWhat Is a Solar Eclipse?\u201d by Dana Meachen Rau and \u201dA Few Beautiful Minutes\u201d by Kate Allen Fox for his class at Hill Elementary School in Brockport, New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s capturing their interest,” he said, “and at the same time, their imagination, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Associated Press writer Patrick Orsagos contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n

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