Are you one of the 200,000+ people who has a Galileoscope that was developed for the 2009 International Year of Astronomy?  If so, you can put your Galileoscope into service during the 2012 transit of Venus if you use one of two techniques for viewing the sun safely.  Nothing in the sky is easier to find with a telescope than the sun. 

First, you may purchase an inexpensive solar filter that fits over the large end of the tube.  The large end of the Galileoscope is just under 70mm in diameter, so you want a filter with an outer cell I.D. of 70mm\2.75".  A suitable choice is the Solar Filter 70mm Black Polymer from Rainbow Symphony, which can be ordered from http://www.rainbowsymphonystore.com/solar-filter-70mmblack.html. As of this writing in mid-March, the $15.00 filter is on sale for $10.00.  It comes with felt tape to give a snug, custom fit. 

For the transit of Venus or for extended solar viewing, I would recommend additionally taping the solar filter securely to the Galileoscope's large lens shade/dew cap.  To aim the telescope, point the filtered telescope in the general direction of the sun, then fine tune it by making the shadow cast by the telescope as small as possible.  Then look through the eyepiece. 

A second technique allows a crowd to view safely a projected image of the sun concurrently.  Unfortunately, the lens of the Galileoscope is plastic, so you cannot do a standard sun projection without the likelihood of melting the plastic lens. The good news is that the scope was designed to work with standard-sized eyepieces.  The solution is to make a Sun Funnel, an inexpensive device that you insert into the focuser instead of using the provided plastic eyepiece. For instructions and more details on how to use your Galileoscope for solar viewing, see http://galileoscope.org/observing-activity-guides/observing-the-sun-safely/.