This weeks solar eclipse over Europe

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31965456

Article from the BBC on the distruction of artifacts in Iraq

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31941827

NH Primary - A Year of Change - March 2015

Toots and I have not been to the college in March as of yet. The main reason is that it has been so cold earlier in this month and the fact that the college uses a huge amount of salt on the sidewalks, which Toots does not appreciate walking through.

So we will combine our March and early April update very soon.

Primary wise, we have had several candidates for the Republican nomination in the state almost constantly over the past weeks and Hilary Clinton has set up her offices in the state for her eventual announcement of running, if she actually decides to do so.

Personally, I have not considered any of the folks visiting the state as a potential person to vote for as of yet.  But there is always hope...

Solar Storm story

Okay so Volcanoes and Solar Storms, trump the primaries information any day!!

http://m.wmur.com/weather/severe-solar-storm-hits-earth-may-pull-northern-lights-south/31848114

Primary 2016 - March 2015 update

No photos yet this month, Toots and I still need to get to the college, we have been waiting a bit due to excessive salt on the roads from all of the ice and snow.

Meanwhile several candidates have been in NH. Jeb Bush was here in Dover today 3-13-15 doing some exploratory campaigning and Hilary Clinton is forming up a NH team but has not announced yet if she is running.

Large number of Republicans so far and only one or two Democrats. Will be interesting to watch how the Clinton email issue pans out in the election as well as the Bengazi controversy.

Responses to the DVD For All Mankind (grade 8)

I asked my students to respond to the final statement in the DVD For All Mankind, where an Apollo astronaut states, 'this is real, not abstract, the stars are our home" (At the conclusion of the moon missions and the achievements of the Apollo astronauts and scientists back on Earth)


The stars are our home because the Earth is like a room in a massive mansion that is space. Ethan

They (the astronauts who went to the moon) have seen the moon and it was not a dream for them, it was reality. Amelia 

Mankind has sent real people to the moon and back, seeing this it all becomes real for it is and not just something we hear about. Macaela 

The universe can't be abstract because we interact is part of the universe, this experience is very real. Aidan 

The Earth is like a flower in a meadow with countless other flowers. We are millions of atoms that make up that flower. Julia 

That white ball up there is not just some random floating thing but a celestial body that humans have visited and at some point in time, could on a regular basis. Maggie

Stunning Nighttime Pictures of Chilean Volcano Erupting

Stunning Nighttime Pictures of Chilean Volcano Erupting



I can't help myself, there is a hidden volcanologist in me!