RE: pinhole making the room dark

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From: Anderson, Sherry (andersons@wl.k12.in.us)
Date: Mon Sep 16 2002 - 05:51:37 PDT 

Subject: RE: pinhole making the room dark
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 07:51:37 -0500
Message-ID: <26118CDF24A6D041BC638BB8DEFEC62B0502DA@wlscmail.wl.k12.in.us>
From: "Anderson, Sherry" <andersons@wl.k12.in.us>

Jeff-

I don't know what your windows are like, but we took the heaviest industrial black plastic tarps and cut them to the size to cover the windows. We secured the panels with velcro. One side is stuck to the window frame and the other to the plastic. They can be removed when necessary. If all the rooms have the same size windows, all you need is extra pieces of the Velcro tabs. We have been using these for two years now, with several teachers in the room.

Originally we hoped to use magnets, but the window frames did not cooperate.

Or better yet, trade classrooms with the other teacher on the day you need to use the room and only darken one room.

Sherry

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Friedman [mailto:jefffr@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 2:11 PM
To: pinhole@exploratorium.edu
Subject: pinhole making the room dark

Hi,
I need ideas for how to darken my classrooms. The rooms all have very large
walls of
windows and ineffective window coverings. Problem is that I do not have a
classroom of my own and must use the classrooms of other teachers during
their prep periods. I teach my science classes (all the same prep) in 3
different rooms.

Thanks for any advice,
    Jeff Friedman
    Wallenberg High School
    San Francisco Unified School District

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