After days of climate watching, weeks and even months of scouting for photo voltaic eclipse-safe glasses, and prepping courses for this pure celestial occasion that happens in the identical place on the planet solely about as soon as each 366 years, it occurred.
Numerous college students throughout the nation skilled the marvel of the whole photo voltaic eclipse, because the moon slid in entrance of the solar’s floor and fully blocked it. Eeriness presided over the transient however intense occasion, ushered in by an odd calming of breezes, adopted by a good stranger noon darkness, and lasting lower than 5 minutes. Educators, after all, hope the thrill generated by witnessing this once-in-a-lifetime scientific phenomenon will stick to their college students for years to come back.
Judging by the next pictures, curated from college and district social media accounts throughout the nation, there’s a fairly sturdy likelihood they may. Verify them out!
It is an eclipse! Metropolis Colleges college students from across the district are observing this scientific occasion.
📸: Moravia, Baer Faculty, Lakeland, Clay Hill pic.twitter.com/hPGL9yVzFr
— Baltimore Metropolis Public Colleges (@BaltCitySchools) April 8, 2024
What higher place for some historical past and science than a faculty. I acquired an opportunity to look at the eclipse with college students at Stratton Elementary Faculty in Madison. Right here’s a sneak peek of their reactions. We’ll have the total story on Wednesday for Faculty Patrol on @NC5 . pic.twitter.com/Z5ghnIC1M6
— Kelsey Gibbs (@kelseymgibbs) April 8, 2024
