We find our heroes in the physics building of stony brooke university
masquerading as a group of high school wise students, they had the
following to say about their experience.

Today we explored the characteristics of solar energy and light. We
burned things, touched invisible pigs, and covered the moon with a
coin. We did this by measureing the properties of light. Upstairs in
the breeze way we were able to burn a hole in a peice of paper by
concentration the light from the sun through a magnifying glass. We
learned about light refraction and scattering. We witnessed the elipse
of the sun behind a building by projecting the reflection of the sun
through a hole in a pie tin and projecting it on paper. We made a
measurement of the distance between the pie tin and the paper. We
found that once the light travels through the tin it spreads out and
projects the angular diameter of the sun.

Meanwhile, back at the lab Ann and Megan flaunted their undeniable
artistic skill on the magic erase board. We learned about several math
formulas that have practical aplications in physics. We calculated the
distance one would have to hold a 6mm coin in order to completely
cover the moon. To accomplish this we used our extensive knowledge of
angular proportions. We looked at the behavior of the sine curve and
noticed that as the x value approached zero, the y approached zero as
well.  We translated this observation into a conclusion that as angles
get smaller, so does the angular diameter.