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Following are some interesting STARLAB-related Websites that are worth a look.
See what other folks are doing with STARLAB, how it is used, and other
interesting info about STARLAB and users throughout the world.

 

STARLAB Reviews, Articles and Abstracts

Independent assessments of the STARLAB planetarium.

http://www.s-t.com/daily/04-98/04-28-98/c02ed091.htm - An article in The Standard Times. "The Museum of Science in Boston sent its traveling planetarium called 'Starlab,' to New Bedford schools . . ." Features some good photos.

http://www.aas.org/publications/baas/v31n3/aas194/393.htm - An abstract of a paper presented at American Astronomical Society Meeting #194, Chicago, Illinois, May/June 1999 by William Herbst of Wesleyan University and Holly Garavel. "A Successful Approach to Involving Teachers in the Use of a STARLAB Portable Planetarium."

 

 

Museums and Science Centers

STARLAB is used by many museums and science centers for outreach to schools and the community. The following sites are excellent examples:

http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/outreach/se/starlab/index.html - Chicago, Illinois

Adler Planetarium (CARA Outreach). High school students (Space Explorers) take the STARLAB into Chicago grammar schools -- a program that has been so successful, other school districts are replicating it.

 

 

More museum STARLAB outreach programs around the U.S. and beyond . . .

http://www.kcdm.org/starlab.html - Kapaa, Hawaii

Kauai Children's Discovery Museum.

 

 

Schools, School Systems, Colleges and Other Supporting Educational Institutions

Public and private educational institutions of all levels are using STARLAB to teach science. Following are a few examples:

http://www.roeschoolworks.k12.il.us/starlab.htm - Rantoul, Illinois

This Regional Office of Education provides staff development opportunities and technical assistance to educators in 3 Illinois counties including STARLAB. This page features teacher comments and how STARLAB lessons fit in with the state science standards.

http://www.wesc.k12.in.us/star/ - Charlestown, Indiana

The Wilson Education Center maintains 3 STARLABs for use in member schools.

http://www.raritanval.edu/planetarium/starlab/ - Somerville, New Jersey

Raritan Valley Community College holds 4-day STARLAB workshops for educator in grades K-8. They are then eligible to rent the STARLAB for their schools.

http://www.mtsu.edu/~pdlee/public2_html/StarLab.html - Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Middle Tennessee State University holds one week summer STARLAB institutes for teachers In addition they lend the STARLAB to trained teachers to use in their schools.

 

Traveling Planetarium Businesses

Some individuals purchase a STARLAB to start up their own educational business. Examples:

http://www.northern-stars.com/NorthernstarsPlanetarium.html - Fairfield, Maine: John Meader of Northern Stars Planetarium was the first to purchase a STARLAB to start his own planetarium business to schools.

http://www.gis.net/~mtf/starlab.htm - Mike Francis of Night Skies (Massachusetts).

http://www.hereford-starlab.co.uk/ - Steve Watson of Hereford Starlab, U.K.

 

Corporate and Foundation Sponsorships

http://www.nas.edu/rise/examp67.htm - Rahway, New Jersey

The mission of the Merck Institute for Science Education is to improve the quality of science education during the formative years of kindergarten through eighth grade. Their goals are to provide all children in its partner school districts with strong, inquiry-centered instruction that meets the emerging national standards in science, thereby raising levels of student performance and to demonstrate the efficacy of the approach so that other corporations may emulate it. STARLAB is one of the important educational tools that are integral to this project.

 

 

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