Opportunity eclipsed? Ottawa schools close for rare solar event
With schools across Ottawa closed on Monday, April 8th, due to a rare solar eclipse, some say it's a lost teaching opportunity.
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![The total solar eclipse Aug. 21, 2017 in Madras, Oregon. Emotional sky-gazers stood transfixed across North America Monday as the Sun vanished behind the Moon in a rare total eclipse that swept the continent coast-to-coast for the first time in nearly a century. Black sky with orange ring of light as the sun is eclipsed by the moon.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7101781.1706809415!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/total-solar-eclipse.jpg)
With schools across Ottawa closed on Monday, April 8th, due to a rare solar eclipse, some say it's a lost teaching opportunity.