Starlab Curriculum at a
Glance
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
Starlab also compares and contrasts the
different mythologies about the
constellations.
Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
Starlab can be used to teach:
the 88 basic constellations
Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
Greek and Roman mythology
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:
Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
Pre-Kindergarten/Kindergarten
Starlab Presentations
Searching the Daytime
and Nighttime Sky
•Introduction to planetariums
•Introduction to Celestial Objects
•Constellations
Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
1st grade Starlab Presentations
Our Star, the Sun
•The Sun’ properties compared to other stars
•Constellations
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Starlab Portable Planetarium
2nd Grade Starlab Presentations
Mission to the Moon
•Phases of the Moon
•Apollo missions to the Moon
•Stars
•Constellations
Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
Intermediate students also investigate the
night sky by collecting data like real
astronomers with clipboards and lightup pens.
Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
3rd Grade Starlab Presentations
“STAR SEARCH”
Exploring the Properties of Stars
•The color/temperature of stars
•The magnitude/brightness of stars
•Constellations
Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
4th Grade Starlab Presentations
Solar System Creature
Feature Detectives
•Comparison of planets, stars, constellations
Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
5th Grade Starlab Presentations
Our Galactic Place in Space
•Milky Way galaxy, other galaxies, nebulas,
classification of galaxies, constellations
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.
Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12