Eclipse Glasses Are Still Being Collected

Four weeks out from the eclipse, 937 collection centers are gathering glasses, and Explore Scientific’s warehouse has received between 350,000 and 400,000 pairs of used and leftover new glasses. That number is rising by leaps and bounds, with people providing those schools in developing countries the wonderful opportunity to safely experience a solar eclipse. Every pair of glasses will be inspected to make sure they meet safety certifications, and are not damaged or counterfeit.

Collection centers are encouraged to register online on the AWB website.

Eclipse Education Full Steam Ahead

Our post August 21, 2017 eclipse education program is in full swing with participants coming from 38 states across the United States. We have teachers, librarians, school administrators, Museum Professionals, Amateur Astronomers, Afterschool Providers and Scout Leaders that are working with Kindergarten through Grade 12 both in and out of school.

We are also using The online collaboration platform from AAAS called Trellis (Trelliscience.com) which has been populated with Calendar Events, Discussions, and a tagged searchable library of over 140 curated educational lessons.

Cassini Poetry

This week’s featured Astropoem is ‘ Homage to Cassini’ by Harley White and is all about last week’s grand finale of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft at Saturn. What an amazing mission that has given so much to humanity and has shaped our understanding of this majestic gas giant, its stunning rings ,and retinue of moons.

http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/awb-programs/arts-and-culture/astropoetry/item/homage-to-cassini.html\

Here are a couple of other beautiful astro-poem contributions:

http://astronomerswithoutborders.org/awb-programs/arts-and-culture/astropoetry/item/cimmerian-realm.html

http://astronomerswithoutborders.org/awb-programs/arts-and-culture/astropoetry/item/wearing-strange-glasses.html

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