“...and my kids are freaking out..”
I think it was on AOL last week where they had an interesting article on Christopher Columbus and how he used his maritime charts which predicted a lunar eclipse to scare the Indians into helping him. I suppose google it and it will bring up some things the kids will enjoy.
Saved his life according to him. Knowledge is power.
I told my kids about Columbus tonight as we watched. They finally gave up and went to bed. We had a pretty clear view from inside on our back porch. It was too darn cold to take the telescope outside. I made them draw about it in their nature notebooks. Nothing like having school at 9:30 PM! :0)