Testimonials

Your attention to your customers is amazing! I appreciate all your assistance with the Starlab. The trainings energize our team!

Thank you again,

Kathy Hopen, CCDF Director

We have set up the Starlab and tested all the equipment and I am happy to say that we are thrilled with everything.

There were no problems or questions about anything.Thank you for all of your help, and your patience.

Dawn Olive
Center for STEM Research, Education & Outreach
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Star Lab has been an invaluable educational tool for us over the years. More and more research comes out each year supporting the conclusion that hands-on, experiential learning is more effective than sitting at a desk and listening to a lecture. If that is true, and I believe wholeheartedly that it is, then the Star Lab is an excellent way to provide that sort of education!

Lisa Ralls
Naturalist
Winnebago County Conservation Board

I don't think anyone is going to wipe the smile off of my face for a while. I know all of my students would thank you also, they love the dome and have told me how much it has not only helped them understand the astronomy standards I am teaching, but they now have a new interest in exploring the sky at night. Thanks again!

Cheryl
DoDEA Americas

Written by teachers for teachers. The universe comes down to earth.

Director
Hayden Planetarium

Radio Sky Cylinder.

The observable universe beyond the thin slice of the visible spectrum is often overlooked. The Radio Sky Cylinder immerses the audience in the radio universe, yielding a firsthand experience with a part of the electromagnetic spectrum of which most are unaware. The program consists of a radio view of the sky projected on the portable planetarium dome which can be removed and replaced with the visible sky view of the Milky Way. Newspapers and magazines, television and the internet, broadcast almost daily, news about discoveries in astronomy that have been made at radio, millimeter, infrared, ultraviolet, x-ray, and gamma-ray wavelengths. This cylinder can help students relate to these discoveries and become excited about them. For middle and high school students, this cylinder is accompanied by a 16- page curriculum with background information, a cylinder script and activities.