StarLab®

Want to know the secret for delivering highly immersive, interactive learning experiences that engage students? If you’re going to be at the Future of Education Technology Conference in Orlando this week, we’ll let you in on it! ✨ 🔭Meet us at 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 1263 where we’ll share how Starlab can enhance and elevate your science curriculum while immersing students in an out-of-this-world experience. For over 30 years, Starlab has been used in thousands of districts, schools, and science centers across the country, empowering teachers to provide the most interactive learning experience possible for students. See how you too can expand access to a fully immersive learning experience and build growing student interest in STEM-related disciplines. #scienceed #STEM #STEMeducation #starlab #scienceeducation

📯StarLab has been named a 2024 Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence winner in the Primary category. We're so proud to be recognized for expanding access to a fully immersive learning experience and building growing student interest in STEM-related disciplines. For phenomena that are challenging or even impossible to experience in real life, StarLab helps students observe the unobservable up close, creating an immersive learning experience that results in stronger student engagement and a deeper, more authentic understanding of concepts, further elevating the classroom learning experience. StarLab has been used in thousands of districts, schools, and science centers across the country to empower teachers to provide the most interactive learning experience possible for students. The Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence seek out the most outstanding products offering schools versatility, value, and solutions to specific problems to support innovative and effective teaching and learning. Judged by a panel of industry experts, winning an Award of Excellence is more than just acknowledgement from Tech & Learning’s editors. It is a showcase of which products are truly going above and beyond to contribute to the education sector.

Heading to #ISTELIVE? Don't forget to stop by 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 374 for an out-of-this-world experience! Visit #starlab and see how you can send your students on an immersive learning adventure that's proven to more deeply engage students in course material and result in better retention. #studentengagement

While you can’t take your students out to observe the wonders of our night sky, you can immerse them in the next best thing: #StarLab 🌟 Join us at Booth 374 at the upcoming #ISTELive and find yourself immersed in the most interactive learning experience possible for students. Using 3840x2160 pixels--that’s more than 8 million pixels--StarLab 4K projection produces unmatched clarity and stunning dimension for any content. 🌑☀️That means, this learning dome can send your students on an astronomical, geological, or meteorological learning adventure of epic proportions! Students will feel transported in an immersive learning experience that results in deeper engagement with course material -- without ever having to leave school. Come check out StarLab at our booth and see how why thousands of districts, schools, and science centers across the country are using StarLab to transport students into a world of planetary exploration.🪐🌎

Happy Earth Day, Stargazers!🌟 Today, as we celebrate our incredible planet, let's also take a moment to appreciate the vastness of this cosmos and the uniqueness of our Blue Planet! Did you know that Earth's orbit around the Sun isn't a perfect circle? 🌍 It's actually an ellipse, which means our distance from the Sun varies throughout the year, which then influences how we experience the seasons. 🌞 Earth is also the only planet NOT named after a Greek or Roman god. The name "Earth" is derived from Old English and Germanic words meaning "ground" or "soil." It's a unique name that reflects the planet's solid surface and its importance as the home for living organisms. Not the smallest, not the biggest, and just one planet in our vast universe, she is our home so let us celebrate Mother Earth and marvel at the cosmic dance that keeps our planet teeming with life and wonder! 🌌 #HappyEarthDay #EarthDay #Biodiversity #environment #protectearth

It’s here! Make time today to check out the #eclipse or you’ll have to wait another 20 years! 👀But remember that it’s important to prioritize eye safety. When watching a partial or total solar eclipse directly with your eyes, you should look through safe solar viewing glasses (“eclipse glasses”) or a safe handheld solar viewer at all times. 1. Never look directly at the sun. 2. Use special eclipse glasses or indirect viewing methods to protect your precious eyes. 3. Do NOT look at the Sun through a camera lens, telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device while wearing eclipse glasses or using a handheld solar viewer — the concentrated solar rays can burn through the filter and cause serious eye injury. 4. Stay safe and enjoy the show!  Experts warn against viewing the eclipse through a phone camera. The sun's bright rays can also damage a phone's digital components. So if you don’t have #eclipse glasses, here are a couple other safe hacks to use: 1. Poke a hole through a piece of cardstock or cardboard, hold it up during the eclipse and look down to see a partial crescent projected below. Holding up a colander or a cracker will produce a similar effect. 2. Another trick: Peering at the ground under a shady tree can yield crescent shadows as the sunlight filters through branches and leaves. #SolarEclipseSafety #EyeProtection #CosmicAdventure #solareclipse #eclipse  #sun #newmoon  #solar #solarsystem  #supermoon  #space

4:28 Four minutes and 28 seconds is the longest period of totality those in Torreón, Mexico will have to see the #solareclipse on Monday… And the rest of us only have 4 minutes max! So while it’s not much time and we’d have to wait another 20 years to see this celestial phenomena, that isn't stopping the science department at North Texas’ Grapevine-Colleyville ISD from preparing students to not just safely see it, but truly understand the science behind it. Take Britt McDougal, who teaches at Timberline Elementary School in Grapevine, who is using our very own StarLab to immerse students in an intergalactic learning adventure in preparation for the eclipse. With StarLab, students are seeing the positioning of the planets, including Earth, up close and how the orbit and alignment of the sun and moon will be on #eclipseday. More importantly, this interactive learning experience is helping students raise questions, make observations, and more deeply engage in the study of our solar system… 🚀 Kind of like a ‘rocket ship zooming us through the solar system, taking the far, far away and bringing it within arm’s reach!’ See what else students are saying about their #StarLab experience here ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/enGu6Qvy 

❓Did you know… The next total solar eclipse in the contiguous United States won't happen again until 2045! In fact, the last one occurred August 21, 2017 and before that one, you’d have to go back to February 26, 1979. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, casting a shadow on our planet. 🌑☀️ One of the cool things about it is that everyone in the continental U.S. will see at least a partial eclipse. If you have clear skies on eclipse day, the Moon will cover at least 16% of the Sun’s surface, and that’s from Neah Bay at the northwestern tip of Washington. 😎If you’re in the dark part of that shadow (the umbra), you’ll see a total eclipse. If you’re in the light part (the penumbra), you’ll see a partial eclipse. You can check out where you are relative to each using NASA’s Eclipse Explorer: https://lnkd.in/gzgPrxUs Tell us ⬇️…from where will you be viewing the #solareclipse? #SolarEclipseFacts #SpaceExplorers #ScienceNerds #solareclipse #eclipse  #sun #newmoon  #solar #solarsystem  #supermoon  #space

The countdown is on… Get ready for a celestial spectacle! The solar eclipse is just around the corner, and it’s promising to be an awe-inspiring cosmic event. And there’s nothing quite like witnessing an astronomical phenomenon IRL!  We’re geeking out over the #solareclipse because, like StarLab, it’s a chance to be fully immersed in an astronomical phenomenon…but in real life! For over 30 years, #StarLab has been used in thousands of districts, schools, and science centers across the country to give students the most interactive learning experience possible. From the depths of Earth’s layers to the farthest meteoroid, students are transported in an immersive learning experience that can spark growing interest in STEM-related disciplines and lead to deeper #studentengagement. Stay tuned because we’ll be sharing more updates and tips on how to safely enjoy this rare astronomical phenomenon. #SolarEclipse #SpaceEnthusiasts #CosmicWonder #solareclipse #eclipse  #sun #newmoon  #solar  #solarsystem  #supermoon  #space

Thanks Nicole Penner M.Ed. for highlighting the power of StarLab! It's a privilege to support the Cut Bank School District and an honor to play a role in helping Cut Bank educators teach the Indian Education For All standards, creating an engaging blend of culture and science. We hope the experience continues to inspire student interest in STEM-related fields. StarLab's portable planetarium system helps thousands of educators around the country provide the most interactive and immersive learning experience possible for students.