Bay Area Discovery Museum
From 10 a.m. to noon, children will be able to make pin-hole viewers at the Bay Area Discovery Museum in Sausalito to watch a partial eclipse at approximately 10:15 a.m. Other crafts include making a planet from translucent, colored plastic and simulating an eclipse around a light source.California Academy of Sciences
If the weather cooperates, the staff at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate park will bring out solar telescopes to observe the partial eclipse from the roof and East Garden, starting at 9:30 a.m. If the skies are not clear, a live internet feed of the eclipse will be available in the Naturalist Center and via monitors on the museum floor. The first contact, when the Moon first begins to cross in front of the Sun, is at 9:01 a.m., with maximum eclipse at 10:15 a.m. The last contact, when the Moon completely uncovers the Sun, is at 11:37 a.m. Staff and docents will be on hand to guide visitors in safe observing, using a variety of viewing and projection devices.Eclipse glasses are already on sale at the Academy Store, and eclipse watchers are advised to purchase theirs now before the supply runs low. For those who are actually planning to see the eclipse firsthand, the Academy hopes to recruit them to participate in their Citizen Science project. For more information and details on the Academy's special programming - including Nightlife's Chasing Shadowsplanetarium show - visit their eclipse site.
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