I think it’s really sad that MCPS did not use the eclipse as a learning opportunity

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Anonymous wrote:I also think that its a shame the central office and all their curriculum development staff did nothing. I dont mean eclipse glasses. But a whole week of curriculum in science, math, english language and art tied to a once in a lifetime event for many kids. You dont even need to go outside if that hard. Watch the live NASA stream. But take this event thats easily observable in the US on some level and make an actual tied together lesson plan. FWIW, our PTA dod get glasses and our ES packed up at 2:30 and went out to watch and so did the aftercare program. But there was still a lack of actual lessons and every teacher was on their own there. We do units on presidents for presidents day, other holidays etc, why not here.

How old are your kids? Have you spent time in an actual science class? There is a whole unit on these phenomena in middle school science and astronomy in high school. This was only a partial. And these events happen allllll the time. Our earth rotates constantly! So does the moon! Breaking news!

This was really not a huge deal for Maryland. We could see a partial bit around the time school is out. There are major phenomena that happen on a daily basis around the world and even in Maryland. If you want our over worked teachers to do even MORE last minute, you are welcome to plan your own lessons and tell them they fell short yourself. Wow.

Oh god, please don't lump teachers into your absurd take on this. We were more than happy to take the kids outside and view the eclipse after a mini lesson. They all wore their glasses appropriately and absolutely loved it. It required little to no additional work on our part. Even if it had, most of us wouldn't have minded because that's what we do-we TEACH. This was a great experience.

And yet plenty of teachers and principals did not do anything even though they were given autonomy to decide. And did kids love the eclipse or did they did it was cool for one moment and then move on. What most really loved was not being in class and being able to talk to their friends. As someone else noted, for most kids it was pretty boring after the first few moments.

Wow some really jaded people out there. No wonder their kids find everything boring.

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They should have taught about it as a minimum. That would at least be something real happening in their own community. I pulled my 3rd and 5th grader out of school at 2pm to see it. They thought it was cool.

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My school had glasses for all the students. Our media specialist had lessons about the eclipse the week before, and our stem teacher did related activities. Most teachers seemed to have some sort of reading on the eclipse as well. All classes got to go outside for period of time to look, with other staff and admin supervising. Some schools did do things and use the eclipse as a learning opportunity.