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Solar Eclipse 2024

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The Creative Learning Alliance is your home for Solar Eclipse 2024!

The Creative Learning Alliance is preparing for next year’s total solar eclipse, April 8, 2024. The last time the United States experienced a total solar eclipse was in 2017. While outside the Northern edge of totality, those in the Joplin region will still experience 95.5% magnitude at the eclipse’s maximum.
In Joplin, the 2024 eclipse will start at 12:34 p.m., reach maximum eclipse at 1:52 p.m. and end at 3:10 p.m. Visitors to the science center will learn the safest ways of viewing the sun and solar eclipses using shadows.
We’ll have a full week of countdown and eclipse activities so mark your calendars!

Schedule of Events

 

  • 6-8PM Opening Reception @ Chaos Brewing
  • Join the Creative Learning Alliance for an evening of the
    “The Wonders of the Moon”
    Friday, April 5, 6 – 8 pm
    Chaos Brewing Company
    112 S. Main Street, Joplin, MO
    Featured speakers:
    Dr. Rabindra R. Bajracharya, Ph.D.
    and
    Dr. Daniel Marsh, Ph.D.
    MSSU, Chemical and Physical Sciences Department
  • Menu:Pizza, pretzels, salad, soda/water, dessert*
    Tickets $50 per person at
    https://bit.ly/JoplinEclipse
    $75 per person day of event
    Price includes meal, a pint of “Eclipse” craft beer,
    and fun educational activities
    *Vegetarian options available
    This is a 21 and older event
  • 9AM – Wildcat Glades Production of how eclipses effect animals
  • 10AM – Jimmy Zangwow Storytime and moon craft, moon pies and RC cola
  • 11AM – Moonbear Storytime and eclipse craft and play area
  • 12PM – Moon Night, George Washington Carver presentation
  • Stations – Build Your Own Viewing Box, coloring, eclipse journals, UV bead bracelets, plant the moon challenge display, eclipse chalk art, moon headbands, Drawing Shadows, make your own eclipse
  • 1 PM – Joplin Public Library – The Moon Book storytime with chipboard moon phases
  • Stations – Eclipse models, coloring, eclipse journals, UV bead bracelets, plant the moon challenge display, eclipse chalk art, moon headbands, Drawing Shadows, Build your own viewing box
  • Viewing Party – FREE glasses, streets closed for safety, Holy Tacos, Driveway Diner, Kona Ice, lots of booths and stations, yoga!
  • Stations – Eclipse models, coloring, eclipse journals, UV bead bracelets, plant the moon challenge display, eclipse chalk art, moon headbands, Drawing Shadows, Build your own viewing box

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