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   - Compasses
-**Teaching Notes** - This lab benefits from an additional TA (Lab manager). Also requires knowledge of how to use the solar telescope (and the safety required to use these) .
+**Teaching Notes** - This lab benefits from an additional TA (Lab manager). Also requires knowledge of how to use the solar telescope (and the safety required to use these). The lab manual treats the solar observations as if this is done as the very last thing. If you wait for everyone to finish up and do the solar observations all at once near the end, you will not finish on time! (Especially for classes with 6-7 groups).
+It is suggested that you have a second person 'standing by' - as soon as the TA teaching finishes up their lecture, the assistant goes outside and sets up the solar scope or sunspotters. Then, the TA sends out groups one at a time to do their observations of sunspots (yes, this lab can be down out of order!). It only takes groups 5-10 mins at most to do this (often times faster). Once that group is done, they can head back in, and the next group should be sent out.
+Note, some groups will 'wait till they are done with a section' to head out. Just tell them to pause, send them out, and then come back to the question they were on when done.
+**Setup Notes** - Each group needs a binder, a tray, a contianer of iron shavings, a strong bar magnet, a ruler, and a compass. Note, we don't have enough 'maget demos' for every group to start out with one.
+**Note** - don't let students leave the magnets just sitting on the compass.
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