1. Starlab Curriculum at a Glance Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12 Starlab Portable Planetarium Starlab also compares and contrasts the different mythologies about the constellations.

9. Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12 Starlab Portable Planetarium Starlab can be used to teach: the 88 basic constellations

10. Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12 Starlab Portable Planetarium Greek and Roman mythology

11. 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:

12. 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

13. Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12 1 st grade Starlab Presentations Our Star, the Sun The Sun’ properties compared to other stars Constellations Starlab Portable Planetarium

14. Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12 2 nd Grade Starlab Presentations Mission to the Moon Phases of the Moon Apollo missions to the Moon Stars Constellations Starlab Portable Planetarium

15. 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

16. Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12 3 rd Grade Starlab Presentations “STAR SEARCH” Exploring the Properties of Stars The color/temperature of stars The magnitude/brightness of stars Constellations Starlab Portable Planetarium

17. Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12 4 th Grade Starlab Presentations Solar System Creature Feature Detectives Comparison of planets, stars, constellations Starlab Portable Planetarium

18. Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12 5 th Grade Starlab Presentations Our Galactic Place in Space Milky Way galaxy, other galaxies, nebulas, classification of galaxies, constellations Starlab Portable Planetarium

19. Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12 Starlab Portable Planetarium Starlab creates a unique learning environment for all elementary students from PreK-5 th grade.