Solar Eclipse Safari!
Discover how animals react during the total solar eclipse. Observe your pet or nearby animal.
On Monday, April 8th, 2024, a total solar eclipse will be visible from Mexico and Texas to Maine and New Brunswick, Canada and the rest of North America will be able to experience a partial solar eclipse! Join us for the Solar Eclipse Safari so, together, we can discover if and how an eclipse affects animals.
See the "ECLIPSE" tab to learn more about the eclipse and when it will be in your area.
Questions: [email protected].
HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED
If you would like to help gather data for our project, there are two ways for you to get involved:
1) Before the day of the eclipse, you can sign up to be a Project Ambassador and recruit others in your group or area to collect data.
2) Sign up to collect animal behavior data yourself. You can plan to do that electronically on your own device (a phone or tablet), or you can print the data collection sheets in advance of the eclipse and then upload them afterwards.
Click here to sign up to receive reminders before the eclipse and updates about our findings after the eclipse.
On Monday, April 8th, 2024, a total solar eclipse will be visible from Mexico and Texas to Maine and New Brunswick, Canada and the rest of North America will be able to experience a partial solar eclipse! Join us for the Solar Eclipse Safari so, together, we can discover if and how an eclipse affects animals.
See the "ECLIPSE" tab to learn more about the eclipse and when it will be in your area.
Questions: [email protected].
HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED
If you would like to help gather data for our project, there are two ways for you to get involved:
1) Before the day of the eclipse, you can sign up to be a Project Ambassador and recruit others in your group or area to collect data.
2) Sign up to collect animal behavior data yourself. You can plan to do that electronically on your own device (a phone or tablet), or you can print the data collection sheets in advance of the eclipse and then upload them afterwards.
Click here to sign up to receive reminders before the eclipse and updates about our findings after the eclipse.
WHAT PARTICIPATION WILL INVOLVE
Prepare (~15 minutes)
1) Review training materials on the Trainings tab.
2) If you plan to record your data on paper, print the data collection form.
3) Make a plan to observe the eclipse.
• Know when the eclipse maximum will be in your observation area (see training videos).
• Plan to be at your observation location an hour before the eclipse maximum.
4) Remember to get authorized protective eyewear to view the eclipse.
Participate (~1-2 hours)
1) Select the animal you’d like to observe. This could be a pet, a zoo animal, a farm animal, or any animal in nature.
2) Begin watching before the eclipse. We’d like for you to start an hour before the maximum of the eclipse where you are.
3) Record observations at specific time intervals indicated on your data collection form until your animal’s behavior returns to normal. Each observation should only take a few seconds. You can record observations on using a smartphone or tablet or on paper forms.
After the eclipse (~10 minutes)
1) If you’ve recorded data on a paper form, after the eclipse, come back to this page and follow the instructions.
2) Answer some questions about your experience.
Celebrate!
Consider sharing a #EclipseSafariSelfie and tag #OneMillionActsofScience if you want your post published on CitizenScienceMonth.org.
On Monday, April 8th, 2024, a total solar eclipse will be visible from Mexico and Texas to Maine and New Brunswick, Canada and the rest of North America will be able to experience a partial solar eclipse! Join us for the Solar Eclipse Safari so, together, we can discover if and how an eclipse affects animals.
See the "ECLIPSE" tab to learn more about the eclipse and when it will be in your area.
Questions: [email protected].
HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED
If you would like to help gather data for our project, there are two ways for you to get involved:
1) Before the day of the eclipse, you can sign up to be a Project Ambassador and recruit others in your group or area to collect data.
2) Sign up to collect animal behavior data yourself. You can plan to do that electronically on your own device (a phone or tablet), or you can print the data collection sheets in advance of the eclipse and then upload them afterwards.
Click here to sign up to receive reminders before the eclipse and updates about our findings after the eclipse.
On Monday, April 8th, 2024, a total solar eclipse will be visible from Mexico and Texas to Maine and New Brunswick, Canada and the rest of North America will be able to experience a partial solar eclipse! Join us for the Solar Eclipse Safari so, together, we can discover if and how an eclipse affects animals.
See the "ECLIPSE" tab to learn more about the eclipse and when it will be in your area.
Questions: [email protected].
HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED
If you would like to help gather data for our project, there are two ways for you to get involved:
1) Before the day of the eclipse, you can sign up to be a Project Ambassador and recruit others in your group or area to collect data.
2) Sign up to collect animal behavior data yourself. You can plan to do that electronically on your own device (a phone or tablet), or you can print the data collection sheets in advance of the eclipse and then upload them afterwards.
Click here to sign up to receive reminders before the eclipse and updates about our findings after the eclipse.
WHAT PARTICIPATION WILL INVOLVE
Prepare (~15 minutes)
1) Review training materials on the Trainings tab.
2) If you plan to record your data on paper, print the data collection form.
3) Make a plan to observe the eclipse.
• Know when the eclipse maximum will be in your observation area (see training videos).
• Plan to be at your observation location an hour before the eclipse maximum.
4) Remember to get authorized protective eyewear to view the eclipse.
Participate (~1-2 hours)
1) Select the animal you’d like to observe. This could be a pet, a zoo animal, a farm animal, or any animal in nature.
2) Begin watching before the eclipse. We’d like for you to start an hour before the maximum of the eclipse where you are.
3) Record observations at specific time intervals indicated on your data collection form until your animal’s behavior returns to normal. Each observation should only take a few seconds. You can record observations on using a smartphone or tablet or on paper forms.
After the eclipse (~10 minutes)
1) If you’ve recorded data on a paper form, after the eclipse, come back to this page and follow the instructions.
2) Answer some questions about your experience.
Celebrate!
Consider sharing a #EclipseSafariSelfie and tag #OneMillionActsofScience if you want your post published on CitizenScienceMonth.org.
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