NASA scientist teaches Metairie students about total eclipse [Video]

METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) — The Jewish Community Day School invited NASA structural analysis engineer Ninoshka Friedman to explain and answer students’ questions about the total eclipse.

“Every day, ‘Are we going to see the eclipse? Are we going to see the eclipse?’ I’m like, ‘Yes, we’re going to see it,’” said JCDS science teacher Malia Batiste when talking about her students. “I mean, they do more research than I do to learn about it.”

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A group of first through fourth graders spent the afternoon learning about the astronomical event while also trying to catch a glimpse somewhere between the thick clouds.

At peak viewing time, around 1:49 p.m., students headed out to Bart Field to witness the spectacle in its full glory.

“I just think about all the work we spent prior to the weeks building up, to learn about the …