Journey Alongside the Centerline

This is a poster presented at the 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, organised by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE, http//astro4edu.org). Title: Journey Alongside the Centerline Presenter:Skapik, Deborah (Friends' Central School/St. Joe's University) This presentation will focus on teacher training in advance of the Great American Eclipse on April 8, 2024. I document my cross-country journey to prepare underserved communities along the eclipse path and how I followed up with them as they reflected on their incredible eclipse experiences. In fall 2022, I self-published an educator’s guide to solar eclipses. In summer 2023 I distributed Look UP, Below! free to educators in Title 1 schools (large concentrations of low-income students) alongside the centerline of the eclipse, providing science educators in these schools with a free resource and workshops encouraging them to get their students outside viewing the eclipse safely. I will share advice to those planning similar teacher training along eclipse paths in other countries. About the 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop:The 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop took place:12 - 15 November 2024. The Shaw-IAU workshops focus on astronomy education for primary and secondary school students and teacher training both in universities and in service. This year's workshop featured two special topics: an exploration of the first two years of the James Webb Space Telescope for the scientific topic, and the crucial aspect of evaluation in educational contexts as the non-scientific topic.More details can be found on: https://astro4edu.org/shaw-iau/Keep up to date with future Shaw-IAU Workshops and other opportunities at the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education by joining our mailing list https://astro4edu.org/mailing-list/Follow the IAU OAE on Bluesky and Facebook under @astro4edu