SciWorld’s mobile planetarium (Starlab) allows us to bring an experience of the wonders of space to you and your class. Images of stars, planets and other celestial bodies are projected onto the interior surface of the large dome which acts as a giant screen. As you look upwards, our experienced presenter guides you through the wonders of space.
For up to 60 students and for 45 minutes, our amazing StarLab uses brand new technology to project digital images of almost anything in space. We step straight into the StarLab and zoom past the moon to explore the stars, planets, nebulae or even watch the International Space Station (the sky is not the limit anymore!). We can learn about anything in space here using both still and moving images. We look at the changing sky, the moon cycles, seasons, other planets, stars, galaxies and we can even look for a nice place to live beyond earth!
Starting in Adelaide, your students will blast off in a rocket and zoom through space to the other side of Earth and discover the sky looks different. It’s night!
In this captivating program, students will explore the phenomenon of day and night. They will watch the sun rise and set and learn this is due to Earth’s rotation on its axis. Your students will soon discover that the Earth’s axis is tilted, and this is what gives us our seasons.
Together we will investigate the stars, travel to the outside of our solar system and take a very close look at our Moon, which will come so close, they will feel like they can touch it!
Have you ever wanted to travel to the edge of the solar system? Now you can! Join us for a journey through our solar system!
Your students will start their journey exploring the Australian night sky as it would be in summer. A simulation of light pollution allows us to explore the way in which artificial light in Adelaide brightens the night sky and reduces the number of visible stars from about 4000 to around 250.
After travelling outside the solar system to investigate our galaxy, the Milky Way, we will move through the solar system exploring the size, temperature, distance from the sun and atmosphere of each planet. Students will be mesmerized as the planets come very close; so close that they will feel they can reach out and touch them.
This workshop is a fascinating adventure into space, in our state-of-the-art mobile planetarium.
Your students will start their journey exploring the Australian night sky and considering the effect of light pollution on our view of the stars from Adelaide. They will discover that only 90 minutes’ drive from Adelaide, we have one of only 15 internationally recognised Dark Sky Reserves in the world at a site near Mannum.
We will then investigate our galaxy, the Milky Way, before turning our attention to explain how the relative movements of the moon and Earth cause the phases of the moon. This will be followed by a detailed discussion of the causes of both solar and lunar eclipses. The differences between total and partial eclipses will also be explained and illustrated.
Take your students on a journey through space in our state-of-the-art mobile planetarium!
Looking from Earth, we will watch as asteroids and comets soar through the sky. Your students will discover how to navigate using the stars and learn how Indigenous Australians used the stars for timekeeping. They will discover why Antarctica sometimes experiences 24 hours of daylight and six months later, night will last for 24 hours.
After we blast off, we will visit the International Space Station (ISS), have a close look at our moon and visit each of the planets in our solar system. We will even watch the Sun rise and set on Mars.
We will then take your students on a journey past the outside of our solar system, to look at our place in our galaxy, the Milky Way. We will explore nebulae and learn how stars are born. Your students will be taken to a huge collection of fascinating places in space. The sky is not the limit anymore!
Please Note:
The Planetarium is for indoor use only.
The StarLab is 6.71 meters in diameter and 4.11 meters high.
SciWorld’s mobile planetarium (Starlab) allows us to bring an experience of the wonders of space to you and your class. Images of stars, planets and other celestial bodies are projected onto the interior surface of the large dome which acts as a giant screen. As you look upwards, our experienced presenter guides you through the wonders of space.
