STARLAB Program
Bring the wonders of outer space indoors – with the amazing STARLAB portable planetarium! STARLAB fits inside a gym or other large room, and projects amazing images of the stars.
Grades K – 2
A nocturnal friend introduces young astronomers to the night sky, shows them what causes day and night and how to form the constellations.
CT Grades PreK – 5 Core Scientific Inquiry, Literacy and Numeracy
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY: Scientific inquiry is a thoughtful and coordinated attempt to search out, describe, explain and predict natural phenomena.
SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: Scientific literacy includes speaking, listening, presenting, interpreting, reading and writing about science.
SCIENTIFIC NUMERACY: Mathematics provides useful tools for the description, analysis and presentation of scientific data and ideas.
1.1 The sun appears to move across the sky in the same way every day, but its path changes gradually over the seasons.
A 11 Describe the apparent movement of the sun across the sky and the changes in the length and direction of shadows during the day.