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2012 - 2013 Class Calendar 
  
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December Earth Facts:
Dec 9 - Earliest sunset of the year
Dec 21 - Winter Begins: Winter Solstice (shortest day of the year) 
Dec 25
- Sundial time corresponds with "clock time"

 

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Staff First Aid and CPR Training:  Jan. 7
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  Maine Winter Adventure Trip:  Jan. 29-Feb. 4
January Earth Facts:
Jan 3 - Quadrantid Meteor Shower (60-100 per hour), radiant just below the Big Dipper
Jan 4
- Latest sunrise of the year and approximate date Earth is closest to the sun in its orbit (+/- 2 days),  
   
       the point astronomers call "perihelion."
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Maine Winter Adventure Trip:  Jan. 29-Feb. 4
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Wintercount Rondeaveau - Phoenix, AZ:  Feb 12-18
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February Earth  Facts:
Feb 11/12 - Sundial time is 14.3 minutes ahead of "clock time" (learn more HERE).
 
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  Beekeeper's Workshop (Wooster, OH):  March 3-4
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PRIVATE Cleveland Metro Park Event:  March 10
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Canning / Wine / Cheese / Soap / Candles - Homesteading Skills: March 16, 17, 18 -  
5 individual classes
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March Earth Facts:
March 21 - Spring Begins: Spring Equinox (equal daylight and night - 12 hours each)

 
 
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Private Class - Scout Troop (April 4-8)Sutto
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PRIVATE - Cleveland Metro Park Event (April 14: 9:30AM-3:30 PM)
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Shamanic Journeys 1  (April 21-22)
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PRIVATE - Cleveland Metro Park Event (April 23/25: 9:30AM-3:30 PM)
Learn Bee Keeping (Friday, April 27)
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  Spring Plant Class (Sunday, April 29)
April Earth Facts:
April 13 - Analemma crosses itself (Learn more HERE)
April 15 - Sun Dial time and Clock time are the same
 
 
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Survival Self-Defense (May 11-13) (Woodsboro, MD)
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Survival 1 (May 20-26)
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May Earth Facts:
May 14/15 - Sundial time is 3.7 minutes (3 min, 42 seconds) behind "clock time". (Learn more HERE)
 
 
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  Scout Class - Stealth, Evasion & Invisibility (June 9-15)
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  Advanced Scout Skills (June 15-18)
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  Atlatl & Boomerang Workshop (June 23)
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  PRIVATE CLASS
 
June Earth Facts:
June 5 - 6 - Transit of Venus across Sun (Begins 6/5 @ 22:09 -- Midpoint 6/6 @ 1:29 -- End 6/6@ 4:49)
June 14
- Earliest sunrise of the year
June 14
- Sundial time corresponds with "clock time"
June 21 - Summer Solstice - Summer begins (longest day of the year)
June 26/27 - Sundial time is 6.4 minutes (3 min, 42 seconds) ahead of "clock time" (Learn more HERE)
June 27 - Latest sunset of the year
June 30 - Date a 200-foot wide stony asteroid exploded 5 mi. over Tunguska, Siberia, at 7:15 AM in 1908

 
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July Earth Facts:
July 4 - The earth is the farthest away from the sun in its orbit (+/- 2 days), a point astronomers call
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Survival Skills 2 - Applications & Techniques (Aug 19 - 25)
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August Earth Facts:

Aug 13- Perseid Meteor Shower PEAK (60/hr) - Parent comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle

Aug 30 - Analemma crosses itself (Learn more HERE)

 
To live Meteor overpasses

 

 
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Fall Plant Class (Sept 8) 
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September Earth Facts:
Sept 1 - Quadrantid Meteor Shower (60 - 100 per hour) - Radiant just below Big Dipper
Sept 1/2 -
Sun dial time and clock time are the same  (Learn more HERE)
Sept 21
- Fall begins - Fall Equinox (12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness)

 
 
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Shamanic Journeys 2 - (Oct 13-14)
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Canning / Wine / Cheese / Soap / Candles - Homesteading Skills - (Nov 9, 10, 11)  4 Individual Classes (take one or all)
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November Earth Facts:
Nov 3/4 - Sundial time is 16.4 minutes (16 min, 24 seconds) behind "clock time"
Nov 13
- Total Eclipse of the Sun @ 22:18:48 UT (Click on link to see the moon's path)
 
 
   
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December Earth Facts:
Dec 9 - Earliest sunset of the year
Dec 21 - Winter begins:  Winter Solstice (shortest day of the year)
Dec 21
- Mayan calendar ends / Earth passes through Galactic Center
Dec 25
- Sundial time corresponds with "clock time"
(Learn more HERE)
 
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January Earth Facts:
Jan 3 - Quadrantid Meteor Shower (60 - 100 per hour) Radiant just below Big Dipper
Jan 4
- Latest Sunrise of the year and approx. date Earth is closest to the sun in its orbit (+/- 2 days),  
   
       a point astronomers call "perihelion."
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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