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>Connie,
We have been busy trying to set up for the eclipse.  I have PVC tubes which
all the students can hold to do an individual pinhole projection.  We will
have two telescopes.  We have ordered special mylar glass and hope to have
the filters cut by Tuesday.  We are practicing with photographing the
eclipse through a telescope.  We will be using an Astroscan. We hope to use
the video camera as someone has suggested.  And, finally I have a student
who has dug out the Inspire Receiver and is figuring out how to look for
Whistlers as was noted in The Science Teacher.  I will be reading
instructions over the PA to the student body on Tuesday morning and hope to
take my students out from 11:00 on.  The principal is excited about this.
I remember the eclipse of 1984.  We observed it in South Boston, VA.  What
I remember about the darkness was it seemed like there was a 20 degree drop
in temperature for a long period of time.  We ran back to the vans for
coats because it had gotten so cold.
Maxine
mwillis@oberon.hs.gettysburg.edu
Maxine C. Willis
PTRA PLUS Resource Agent
Gettysburg Area Senior High School
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 334-6254