The date is August 21st of this year. A path of totality will cut from South Carolina to Oregon. Southern Illinois will go dark in the afternoon. I’m sure many readers are aware of this fact, but with so many schools starting so early nowadays, I thought I’d push the eclipse today.

Can you arrange to be in the path? You would need special glasses and all those protective warnings accompanied by close supervision. But what an opportunity for those in the right locations! This could be the field trip of all field trips. You’d have to act now to make arrangements, I’m sure, if your district would even allow for the possibility. If the field trip is impossible, this is a great week to brainstorm the lesson plan.

I am posting this today because the eclipse could easily get lost in getting ready to start school. The sun and moon picked an awkward day with that August 21st.