On October 7th 2021 through coordination with the Fairfax County Park Authority, Analemma Society Volunteers hosted approximately a dozen enthusiastic home schoolers.  Student were introduced to sundials and had the opportunity to make their own from a choice of paper cut-out dials. Even better, they took turns telling time from their own shadows using the sidewalk analemmatic sundial made by Scout Troop 1547  The sky was clear enough for Alan Figgatt to move a telescope with solar filter to show the disk of the sun.  If you looked closely, you could see a sun spot.  Then, the group headed down to the grounds of the Jamestown Sundial and volunteered to help clean up the area around the sundial that was open for viewing. Such enthusiasim...they had a weed pulling competition and did a terrific job cleaning out the weeds.

The group led by Afreen Nadeem sent a note of thank you: "We all wanted to thank you for setting up a fun and educational program for our homeschool group. The kids really enjoyed learning about the planets, sundials and seeing the sun spots through the solarscope. They enjoyed competing to weed the sundial area as well!  Also for us moms, we learned alot and enjoyed the program as well.  Thank you again for having us at the Turner Farm Observatory and for sharing all your knowledge and making this a memorable event for our kids."

And from the Analemma Society volunteers we appreciated having such enthusiastic and well behaved students visit the Observatory at Turner Farm.  Below are a few photos of the HomeSchool students and their activities.