Pre-eclipse learning at Jefferson School

Rhykan Carroll follows instructions Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 from his kindergarten teacher, Katie Karnes, to simulate a solar eclipse with an Oreo cookie as the moon and a cupcake as the sun at Jefferson Elementary School. (Fred Lynch)

Kaleb McCluney listens to instructions Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 as his kindergarten teacher, Katie Karnes, explains how to simulate a solar eclipse with an Oreo cookie as the moon and a cupcake as the sun at Jefferson Elementary School. (Fred Lynch)

Terriaunna Beal, right, and Kylin Council simulate a solar eclipse Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 with an Oreo cookie as the moon and a cupcake as the sun in Katie Karnes' kindergarten class at Jefferson Elementary School. (Fred Lynch)

Chloe King and Kaleb McCluney pose for a photo Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 with an edible model of a solar eclipse in kindergarten class at Jefferson Elementary School. (Fred Lynch)

Dressed as a movie star, Chloe King enjoys a snack Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 after using her Oreo cookie and a cupcake in a solar eclipse simulation in kindergarten class at Jefferson Elementary School. (Fred Lynch)

Danaysia Wells peeks into a pinhole viewer Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 that she made with a cereal box for viewing a solar eclipse in Stacy Stapleton's second-grade classroom at Jefferson Elementary School. (Fred Lynch)

Title reading teacher Pam Cannon assists second-grade students, from left, Anna Hasenfratz, Morgan Reed, Collin Stephens and Carmelo Andrews with their cereal-box pinhole viewers Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 at Jefferson Elementary School. (Fred Lynch)

Stardeja Davis shows the pinhole viewer she made from a cereal box for viewing a solar eclipse Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 in Stacy Stapleton's second-grade classroom at Jefferson Elementary School. (Fred Lynch)

Nono Alfadhel finishes her pinhole camera Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 in second grade at Jefferson Elementary School. (Fred Lynch)

Stacy Stapleton takes a picture of her second-graders with their cereal-box pinhole viewers Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 at Jefferson Elementary School. (Fred Lynch)

Christina Martinez talks to her fourth-grade art students Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 before they start working on their helio prints at Jefferson Elementary School. (Fred Lynch)

Fourth-grader Nakiyla Harris cuts out a shape for her helio print Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 in art class at Jefferson Elementary School. (Fred Lynch)

Fourth-graders Matthew Reed and Annika Terrell cut out shapes for their helio prints Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 in art class at Jefferson Elementary School. (Fred Lynch)

Second-grader Destiny Brown finishes painting watercolors on her helio print Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 in art class at Jefferson Elementary School. (Fred Lynch)

Amber Walker, left, as Mary Poppins, Zech Payne, as a "Men in Black" character, and Olivia Carter as Audrey Hepburn pose for a photo Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 on Movie Star Day at Jefferson Elementary School. (Fred Lynch)