Elgin museum assisted headed back to Carbondale to witness solar eclipse, U46 making viewing a teachable moment

School District U-46 Planetarium Director Peggy Hernandez is part of a team that has worked to make the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 a memorable experience. {Courtesy School District U-46.)Elgin Public Museum of Natural History Museum Assistant Abigayle Rasmussen is getting a second-in-a-lifetime chance to see a total solar eclipse. She only hopes the weather cooperates a little more this time.

This year, her family decided in January to make the trek back to Carbondale, one of the locations in Illinois where the total eclipse can be seen Monday afternoon. The next total eclipse in the state is expected to be in 2044. The family watched the eclipse from a venue at SIU. Food vendors, bands and other activities were available. There was a parade with Star Wars characters and a countdown, she recalls.In January, Rasmussen got a text from her dad, Tom, about the eclipse.Everyone is going except her mom, who’s sitting this one out. The family is leaving around 2 a.m. Monday.“I think it’s super crazy for this to happen twice in the same area. I feel lucky to be able to see it more than once,” Rasmussen said.

“One of the things I think is important to understand is that we want to put scientific tools in the hands of kids,” Mcmullen said. Hernandez emphasized the importance of observation, analysis, and discussion in science. Talking about science helps kids learn, she said.

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