starlab curriculum at a glance baltimore county public schools office of science, prek-12
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Starlab Curriculum at a Glance
Baltimore County Public Schools
Office of Science, PreK-12
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Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
Starlab is a highly effective way to integrate Maryland Voluntary State
curriculum science skills and process indicators into the BCPS
curriculum.
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Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
Starlab can also be used to teach specific Maryland Voluntary State
Curriculum science and earth/space science indicators.
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Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
Students will:• Identify and describe the stars.• Make use of models to interpret data.• Explain that a model suggests how the thing modeled works.
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Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
• Describe patterns and cycles in the environment.
• Learn information from models.• Learn how tools such as telescopes can
be utilized to collect data.
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Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
• Realize that people from ancient times also investigated the world around them.
• Discover the repeating pattern of celestial events such as the moon phases, day/night, and the seasons.
• Explore the sun and its properties, location, and movements.
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Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
• Analyze the relationship between the sun and other celestial objects such as planets, asteroids, comets, and meteors.
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Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
Starlab also compares and contrasts the different mythologies about the
constellations.
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Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
Starlab can be used to teach:
the 88 basic constellations
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Starlab Portable Planetarium
Greek and Roman mythology
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Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
The following astronomy concepts will be addressed during each
grade level Starlab presentation:
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Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Pre-Kindergarten/Kindergarten Starlab Presentations
Searching the Daytime and
Nighttime Sky•Introduction to planetariums
•Introduction to Celestial Objects
•Constellations
Starlab Portable Planetarium
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1st grade Starlab Presentations
Our Star, the Sun•The Sun’ properties compared to other stars
•Constellations
Starlab Portable Planetarium
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2nd Grade Starlab Presentations
Mission to the Moon•Phases of the Moon
•Apollo missions to the Moon
•Stars
•Constellations
Starlab Portable Planetarium
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Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Intermediate students also investigate the night sky by collecting data like real astronomers with clipboards and light-up pens.
Starlab Portable Planetarium
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3rd Grade Starlab Presentations
“STAR SEARCH”
Exploring the Properties of Stars•The color/temperature of stars
•The magnitude/brightness of stars
•Constellations
Starlab Portable Planetarium
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4th Grade Starlab Presentations
Solar System Creature Feature Detectives
•Comparison of planets, stars, constellations
Starlab Portable Planetarium
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5th Grade Starlab Presentations
Our Galactic Place in Space•Milky Way galaxy, other galaxies, nebulas, classification of galaxies, constellations
Starlab Portable Planetarium
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Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
Starlab creates a unique learning environment for all elementary students
from PreK-5th grade.