[Physstaff] Eclipse!

[Erling Riis]

Dear All,
I meant to write to you about this, but then I got this from Zoe Shipton in CE, which has a lot of useful information. 
On Friday of next week there is an almost complete solar eclipse. This doesn't happen often and an hour has been blocked in my diary for years. 
If any of you would like to engage with local schools as Zoe suggests that would be great. However, I would also like our own students to get the experience. I don't know what classes we are teaching between 9 and 10, but I would encourage anyone teaching to take he class outside to experience the full effect. 
Best wishes
Erling



Professor Erling Riis
Head of Department
Department of Physics       Tel: 0141-5483490
Strathclyde University         
John Anderson Building      e-mail: e.riis at strath.ac.uk
Glasgow, G4 0NG
UK

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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zoe Shipton [mailto:zoe.shipton at strath.ac.uk] 
> Sent: 11 March 2015 11:31
> To: Corporate Comms; Carol Trager-Cowan; hod at phys.strath.ac.uk; Atilla
> Incecik; Rebecca Lunn
> Subject: Eclipse!
> 
> You are probably aware that next friday (20th) there will be an almost
> partial eclipse of the sun
> 
> http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/uk/glasgow
> 
> I was amazed to find that the Schools in Glasgow aren't aware of it and will
> be going in to my son's school to give a talk on eclipses, and get them out
> in the playground with pinhole cameras.
> 
> But I thought the university really ought to be jumping on this "teachable
> moment" as they say in the US.
> 
>  1.  All 9-10 lectures that morning should be cancelled to encourage the
> students out into the gardens to see the eclipse. Even if the weather is
> foul it will be an amazing experience (I've been in two before and it was
> cloudy for both, and both times it was hair raising)
>  2.  We should be co-ordinating efforts to get out to schools, especially
> high schools where we have a chance to meet students who will be deciding on
> degrees for next year.
>  3.  A 1-page pdf of where, when and what is happening and how to look at
> the sun safely could be compiled and sent to all schools (perhaps in collab
> with the science centre)
>  4.  Safety info should go on in this weeks university news roundup and to
> all students somehow (twitter?).
> http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/how.html
> 
> Btw - I'm am not volunteering for any of this - I am already doing my bit at
> Shawlands Primary! But I thought corporate comms, the uni engagement group
> and the dept of physics would perhaps like to do something?
> 
> Cheers
> Zoe
> 
> 
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> Professor Zoe Shipton
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