Starlab Education
Starlab Education presenters bring a portable Starlab Planetarium or Cosmodome theatre to your school for daytime or evening presentations on astronomy and earth sciences. Remove the costs of time and transport of excursions by having Starlab Education come to you!
Starlab Planetarium & Cosmodome Theatre
These brilliant educational resources are available to assist teachers to inspire students in Queensland schools and promote the importance of astronomy and earth sciences in general.
Fully trained presenters come to your school or venue with either a Starlab Planetarium or Cosmodome theatre. Presenters inspire students to investigate and immerse themselves in astronomy and related earth sciences.
Starlab Planetarium and Cosmodome theatre are available for day or night presentations. A 'Night Activity' visit will also include telescope viewing of the moon, planets and stars, accompanied by an outdoor laser guided tour of the sky.
All school programs are designed to suit your curriculum and school timetable ensuring minimal disruption to the normal daily routine.
Starlab Planetarium and Cosmodome theatre are available for incentives and rewards, community development, general entertainment, promotions, schools, fundraisers, vacation care, camps & almost any other occasion.
Starlab Education School Science Presentations
Starlab Education provides an exhilarating learning experience with presentations designed to meet the Essential Learning requirements of the Queensland Curriculum Assessment Reporting Framework (QCARF) and is consistent with 'primary connections' units. For more detail refer to the 'Starlab School Curriculum Topics' in the Quick Links column.
Some suggested topics presented include:
climate change- our Earth’s history
- the moon and tides
- phases of the moon
- solar & lunar eclipse
- asteroids and comets
- shadows
- day and night
- sizes & distances in space
- stars
- why we see stars
- constellations
- spinning in space
- signs of the zodiac
- stories of the night sky
- our solar system
- the planets
- living in space
- impact craters
- gravity
- the reason for seasons
- galaxies
- global warming
- the Southern Cross as a compass
- measuring time around the world
- and much more…..
Starlab Destinations
Starlab Education operates both Starlab Planetarium and Cosmodome theatre throughout Queensland. Presenters make regular visits to all the main regions in South East Queensland from the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and north along the Central Coast to Rockhampton. Starlab presenters regularly visit Toowoomba, the Downs, Warwick, Moreton, and Logan districts. Starlab Education can also visit Central and North Queensland.
