Students in Eanes ISD prepare for solar eclipse

The fourth grade students at Nicole Lencioni's classroom at Cedar Creek Elementary are preparing for the big day with a lesson on the eclipse.

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- While most of Central Texas is treating the eclipse as a holiday, some schools will remain open, offering a perfect teaching moment for educators in all classrooms.

The fourth grade students at Nicole Lencioni's classroom at Cedar Creek Elementary are preparing for the big day with a lesson on the eclipse. The assignment will teach students about why an eclipse is so rare.

"I thought that this would be like kind of a neat way to get them excited about what's going to happen on Monday," Lencioni said.

Students in her class are eagerly awaiting the chance to see a total eclipse, even if it is for less than two minutes.

"In the middle of daytime it's going to turn dark. Animals are going to think that it's night time and start coming out," Delilah Mejia, 9, said while filling out her worksheet. Her partner in the assignment, Kiran Patel, 10, shares Mejia's excitement.

"No sun. No moon. The transition. I don't think I've ever seen that," Patel said.

Students at Cedar Creek will all get the chance to go outside and watch the eclipse as it passes over our area. All the kids will be given solar glasses along with a lesson about when to have them on and how to avoid damaging their eyes.

Lencioni said the Eanes Education Foundation was able to purchase glasses for every student.