Slooh's Online Telescope |
Slooh’s learning progression for school districts
Students learn to explore space like professional astronomers via computer interface. With hands-on, age-appropriate experiential learning, Slooh takes students beyond simulation to collect and analyze their own data as they master a new, real-world environment.
Paths of Exploration
Space is a vast wilderness. Slooh is like a national park with trails and guides.
1,000+
CURATED CELESTIAL OBJECTS
7.5m
IMAGES CAPTURED TO DATE
60+
STANDARDS- ALIGNED LEARNING ACTIVITES
Lead your students into space and see how far they go.
Space and earth science deserve a place in school curricula. That’s why the White House recently announced support for space education to prepare the future workforce.
$267.9B
NEW SPACE INVESTMENT SINCE 2012
1,750
GROWTH COMPANIES WILL SUSTAIN FUTURE WORKFORCE
NGSS aligned
Biology is taught with microscopes and astronomy with telescopes. Although it hasn’t been practical for schools to set up their own telescopes, online telescopes make the study of space accessible for everyone.
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Teachers require tools to investigate space phenomena.
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Slooh enables students to collect and analyze data under different conditions to provide evidence to support claims they make about phenomena.
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Slooh’s NGSS-aligned learning activities can fit any schedule or budget.
Talk to Slooh’s education leadership team
We’d love to show you how other school districts are using Slooh to inspire their students. Let’s start a pilot so you can see how Slooh’s learning progression fits into elementary, middle and high school classrooms, as well as independent study and after-school programs.
We look forward to helping you lead your students into space!
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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.
Ahlcon Public School
Allen Academy
Brownsville Independent School District
Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences
Innovations International Charter School of Nevada
Phillips Academy Andover
Region 12 Schools
West Sound STEM Network
Astronomy is the gateway science
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Students who study space are more likely to pursue a STEM career.
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Space exploration inspires learning in science, math, literacy, and art.
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Astronomy is the oldest science and of fundamental interest to all humans.
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With Slooh, any teacher can easily bring space into the classroom.
"For states that want to develop a workforce prepared to explore space as one of their economic strategies, Slooh is a must curriculum. Slooh helps students prepare for careers in space that we cannot even imagine."
Susan Tave Zelman
Former State Superintendent of Public Education, Ohio
“Slooh brings the wonder, excitement, and dreams children associate with space exploration and the cosmos directly into every classroom.”
