Starlab Planetarium Trainings

 CCSD has 4 Starlab Mobile Planetariums.  These are used by 4^th, 6^th, and high school science classes.  Some 2^nd grade teachers also use the planetariums to teach motion and celestial bodies. Teachers wishing to check-out the starlab portable planetariums will need to be trained.  NO ONE will be allowed to reserve the starlabs until they have completed the CCSD Elementary Science Starlab Basics training.  A majority of the elementary schools who used the starlabs in the past years reported receiving damaged equipment, missing pieces, and equipment that arrived precariously packed.  Training will consist of procedures to set up and take down the domes, packing instructions, instructional strategies, trouble shooting ideas, and elementary friendly tips for using the Starlabs.  All participants will be provided a NEW Starlab training manual filled with useful resources for teachers and students.

Schools may start reserving the starlab on the first day of pre-planning.  To reserve the starlab please e-mail Ellen Glantzberg at ellen.glantzberg@cobbk12.org.  Only those teachers who have attended a Starlab training during the 2008-2009 school year or who are registered to attend a training in the fall of 2009 will be allowed to reserve the Starlabs.  To register for the Starlab Bascis Training, please visit the professional learning website and look for non-credit workshops.  Registration will begin on the first day of pre-planning, August 2009.