The Great American Eclipse!

Bookcliff students got to experience the Great American Solar Eclipse today. In Grand Junction we experienced approximately 87% coverage of the sun. Students viewed the eclipse through eclipse glasses donated by Colorado Parks and Wildlife as well as with pinhole camera eclipse viewers they made in class. Also, the district recorded data from their solar panels at five schools which is shown in the graph below. 

Mr. Houde also got into the pinhole camera action

Pinhole camera projection of eclipse taken by a student

Students viewed a projection of the moons shadow across the sun with a pinhole camera

Student using their hand as a pinhole camera capturing a projection of the eclipse.

Picture of the eclipse taken through eclipse glasses by a student