Memphis Parent, August 2017

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Getting ready for the big solar eclipse. By MICHELLE MCKISSACK

On August 21, 2017, something will happen in the United States that hasn’t happened in a very long time. On that date will be the first total solar eclipse to occur in the U.S. since 1979, and the first eclipse in almost 100 years to cross the entire country from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. But only 12 states will be in the 67-mile-wide path of the total solar eclipse, and that includes Tennessee. School children in this region will literally experience science in 3-D thanks to a local company. 6 11 6

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