(La Porte County, IN) - As eyes turn to the skies in advance of Monday's solar eclipse, the Luhr Park Nature Center near Kingsbury and Creek Ridge County Park in Coolspring Township has announced activities for the youth to partake in surrounding the event. 

 

La Porte County Parks Superintendent Jeremy Sobecki outlined how, among the activities scheduled before, during, and after the celestial occurrence, there will be a planet-themed story walk, the opportunity to make glasses for looking at the eclipse, and an eclipse art project.

 

The La Porte County Public Library system will also have a mobile classroom at both locations, with activities across both to run from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

 

Sobecki explained the solar eclipse is projected to begin at about 12:50 p.m., with a peak of 96 percent coverage of the sun expected at 2:08 p.m. as the moon passes between it and our Earth.

 

“This event is kind of geared to have some activities beforehand and a little bit afterwards as well,” he said.

 

The La Porte School Corporation has decided to have an e-learning day on Monday as a safety precaution against potential eclipse-related matters like children looking at the sun without eye protection while being let out of school.