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[quote=Anonymous]It was phenomenal!  We attended the Burke Lake festival and they out-did themselves even from 2017.  Tons of activities for kids and adults and lots of smart assistants at every table explaining and adding to the fun.  We casted shadows through colanders, Cheerios box pinholes, and foiled index cards.  There was a tripod setup with a mirror that bounced its shadow image on to another easel for a very creative selfie.  Also they had a sun spotter to adjust as time changed the angle of the shadow.  They got everyone to use the most amazing solar app for outstanding clear photos.   In addition, you could borrow their filters.  Then there was another table where you could simulate the sun where a marble was set a top a yard stick with a styrofoam earth placed at the other end at a 1:30 scale.    Here you had to experiment to find the perfect alignment to cast the ‘moon’s’ shadow on to the ‘earth’.  This really highlighted to the kids how special this alignment of sun-moon-earth was at that moment.  Another station taught about the sun’s corona and kids did a chalk drawing of it complete with its own solar flares.  Still yet, another area was creating an experiment with UV beads and SPF spray. The color of the UV beads changed when the sun was masked by the moon, too.  So cool.  Lastly, there were a few more tables were you could create a scrap book page and/or perform a themed word-search puzzle while you basked in the sun on your blanket.  We were in a big open field and blankets and camp chairs were everywhere.  People chatted and shared in the splendor of another amazing phenomenon!  The excitement was palpable from 2:40-3:40pm. Beautiful clear blue skies![/quote]

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