Eclipse - Solar Eclipse STEM Activity

“… Pattison takes a complicated scientific theory and makes it not just fairly understandable, but entertaining as well.” Kirkus Reviews NOW ON THE EPIC! app and the BOOKA app. This book uses the 1919 solar eclipse to: explain the basics of an eclipse (what it is, how it happens). help kids move past the basics to understand a ground-breaking change in scientific understanding. keep kids entertained and engaged! Do all of that with simple, understandable and readable text. So--how do you prove an impossible idea? The 1919 solar eclipse was used to prove Einstein's theory of general relativity. With courage, perseverance, and a lot of luck! In 1915, British astronomer Arthur Stanley Eddington was fascinated with Einstein’s new theory of general relativity. The theory talks about how forces push and pull objects in space. Einstein said that the sun’s gravity could pull and bend light. It seemed like a crazy idea. Could his theory be proven? "The text of the book is wonderfully clear a