In preparation for their extra credit attendance at our upcoming Topsail Hill State Park Sky View on the 1st of November, the NWFAA spent the day at Emerald Coast Middle School briefing the 8th grade students. Tom Haugh spent the day giving general astronomy presentations to the rotating science classes. He brought along his 6″ classical Newtonian telescope as well as a 70mm refractor for hands-on examples of each telescope type.
After each presentation, the remaining class time was spent in a question and answer session. There were some very good questions asked.
We would like to thank the teachers and staff of Emerald Coast Middle School for their invitation and the opportunity to share our passion for Astronomy with their students. We also look forward to their participation on the 1st of November.