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

Stars (Jump Into Science Series)

Autographed by the author! Jump into Science Series: Stars When you wish upon a distant star, do you wonder what stars are? Those tiny, twinkling lights are really giant balls of gas, just like our sun. Follow a boy and his bike-riding dog on a star-studded scientific journey to find out: Where do stars go in the daytime? How far away are stars? What stories can they tell us?
Watch the stars come to life in brilliant color, from red to blue to yellow to white. Marvel at the mythic stories of the constellations and try finding your own patterns in the sky. Then think behond our sun and wonder what other planets might be circling other stars and what, or who might be on them.
Ages 4 to 8.
Written by Steve Tomecek, illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa for the Jump into Science™ series from National Geographic.