We had been waiting for it all the
week. We had been reading about sun eclipses, about the position of the
Sun, the Earth and the Moon in the sky. We learnt how to make weather
forecast with the information we could get from weather websites. We all
wished to have a great and sunny day.
The
weather forecast was for rain; in fact, it was raining at nine o'clock.
But suddenly, the clouds just disappeared. And there was the Sun,
slowly covered by the Moon. The eclipse had begun. And there we were,
with all our instruments prepared to watch the eclipse. Binoculars,
special filters, a little mirror, pinhole cameras made by our
students...and a skimmer too allow us to watch hundred of small
eclipses! All we needed to look at the sky safely. And we also had
models of the Sun, Earth and Moon in order to understand how an eclipse
works.
Many people came to
watch the eclipse: teachers, students, anyone who was interested in the
eclipse. Everybody knew that something similar hadn't been watched
since 2005; and something similar won't be seen till 2026. So, it was
the best opportunity to look at the sky and watch something wonderful.
I know that this was the first time that most of you watched an eclipse, and I am sure that you really enjoyed it. Please, we would like to know your experience. Did your parents, brothers or sisters see the eclipse? Did they like it? Why don't you tell everybody how you and your family lived out this solar eclipse? We are willing to read your comments. And of course, here you have some photos of the day.
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| Bruno's drawing about the eclipse |
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| Naiara's drawing about the eclipse |
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| Marta's drawing about the eclipse |
