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Slooh's Online Telescope |
Introduction to exploring space with Slooh
See how students using laptops, tablets or smartphones conduct space investigations.
"What and how we can see is important for my students to understand the ways we look at the universe."
Professor Kurt Messick
Ivy Tech
"Slooh taught me lessons on celestial coordinates and astrophotography which will carry into my career goal as an astrophysicist."
Michelle Park
Freshman, Stanford
"I don't like online, kids spend too much time in front of screens, but Slooh is the exception."
Shawn Laatchs
University of Maine
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Try Slooh free
Let us show you how other college astronomy professors are using Slooh to inspire their students. Please fill out the form so we can provide you with a Slooh account to start exploring for free. At the appropriate time, you will be able to purchase Slooh for your students or provide a link for students to purchase it directly, for $30 per student with discounts for institutions serving low-income communities.
We look forward to helping you lead your students into space!
FOR COLLEGE INTRODUCTORY ASTRONOMY PROFESSORS
Best-in-class observational astronomy to engage and delight your students.
Slooh’s online telescopes and OpenStax aligned, gamified learning activities enable hands-on space exploration that will help your students build their own connection to the universe.
Learn to think like a scientific explorer.
Developmental Benefits
Follow your own path
Guided and independent exploration to nurture individual interests and build confidence
Ponder the cosmos
Apply strength with technology to seek answers to questions students have about the universe
Exposure to career options
Gain exposure to STEM fields within the aspirational context of space exploration
Communication skills
Create personalized infographic posters from astronomical observations for presentation to peers
Authentic experience
Access natural phenomena through real-time experimentation with support from astronomy professionals
Cognitive development
Form a positive connection with a new domain through decision-making, problem-solving, teamwork and critical thinking
Any teacher, even those without a background in science or astronomy, can easily lead space investigations with Slooh’s integrated support.
Slooh astronomers provide teacher support
Teacher training
Get classrooms exploring quickly with short training videos, teacher support webinars, and professional development.
Teacher administration
Learning activities include teacher guides, lesson plans, student assignment, formative and summative assessment.
Gamified learning
Exploration badges and gravity points entice student-learning while making it easy for teachers to monitor student progress.
Chatbot College
College of the Canyons
County College of Morris
Davidson Institute of Science Education
Northern Oklahoma College
The University of Maine
University of Oldenburg
University of New Hampshire
Slooh is much more than online observatories. It is patented technology delivering the cosmos live and in full color. It is a curation of the 1,000 most wondrous stars, planets, nebulae, galaxies, comets and asteroids with their stories passed down since antiquity. It is a telescope reservation system that makes shared control with a global community more fun, social and educational, with advanced control for deeper investigation.
Australian Observatory
Launching in Summer 2023, Slooh's new Australian observatory will extend Slooh's live coverage to 24 hours per day. The observatory, located a stone's throw from the world-class Siding Spring Observatory, will house a new research-grade Half Meter telescope.
Chile Observatory
Slooh’s southern hemisphere observatory, in partnership with the Catholic University, features three telescopes offering complete coverage of the rich southern skies.
Slooh is your interface to space
Canary Islands Observatory
Slooh’s flagship observatory features six telescopes and is situated at 9,000 feet at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands, home to the largest optical telescope in the world. The time zone shift makes daytime astronomy possible in the United States.
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