The total solar eclipse Aug. 21, 2017 in Madras, Oregon. Emotional sky-gazers stood transfixed across North America Monday as the Sun vanished behind the Moon in a rare total eclipse that swept the continent coast-to-coast for the first time in nearly a century.
With schools across Ottawa closed April 8 due to a rare solar eclipse, some say it's a lost teaching opportunity.A total solar eclipse Aug. 21, 2017 in Oregon. Next month's mid-afternoon eclipse, which will be a total one south of Ottawa-Gatineau, has caused school boards to move a planned day off. The decision by school administrators in eastern Ontario to cancel classes the day of a rare solar eclipse has some asking whether they're missing out on an equally rare teaching moment.
There have been other vocal critics who say the idle schools represent a lost opportunity — some of them from within the school system."I don't think it's necessary for schools to close during the eclipse," said OCDSB trustee Lyra Evans, calling it a missed opportunity to guide students through a rare, live and dazzling scientific experience.She said it reflected a culture of risk aversion that has taken hold in many public institutions.
Space journalist Elizabeth Howell, photographed on small hill in Ottawa's Barrhaven neighbourhood where she remembers keenly following celestial happenings.
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