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Slooh Launches New Grant to Help One Million Students Explore Space Using Its Robotic Telescopes

eSchool News

Washington Depot, Connecticut, August 19, 2021 – Slooh, the only organization offering live online telescope feeds of amazing astronomical events to students, is launching The Slooh Space Exploration Grant for the 2021-2022 school year.

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Slooh Launches Its Next-Gen Platform to Engage Students in Space Exploration

eSchool News

It will join Slooh’s two other user-controlled robotic telescopes in the Canary Islands and Chile, which provide the ability for students to view celestial phenomena, capture and analyze observational data, and participate in gamified learning through the company’s patented technology. “We To learn more about Slooh, visit www.slooh.com.

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Teaching and leading for higher student engagement … even during a pandemic (aka How I spent my summer)

Dangerously Irrelevant

I did all of this twice, the first week with elementary educators and the second week with secondary teachers (so 8 days total). I then facilitated 3 follow-up sessions over the next day and a half, working with elementary, middle, and high school administrators and their building leadership teams.

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Phenix City Schools Awarded Cognia STEM Certification

eSchool News

Director of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction, Rachael Peters said, “The initiative to become STEM Certified, system-wide, was the work and achievement of many educators in our system. Each elementary school is equipped with a Smartlab, where students attend each school day for 30 minutes.

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AI Curriculum Is Coming for K-12 At Last. What Will It Include?

Edsurge

When Ayanna met Cozmo the robot, both she and the robot lit up. “it elementary and secondary schools teach the subject, maybe because there are so few curricula available for students. AI-in-a-Box retails at $2,999, according to ReadyAI’s website, and includes several Cozmo robots, tablets, laptops and game controllers.

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West Sound STEM Network Expands Partnership with Slooh to Engage More Students in Space Exploration

eSchool News

After successfully providing a number of Network member schools with access to Slooh’s robotic telescopes and patented Mission Interface last year, West Sound STEM Network is now expanding the program to reach 250 teachers and 10,000 students. To learn more about Slooh and to apply for The Slooh Space Exploration Grant, visit Slooh.org.

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Seeking stability in school when the waters rise

The Hechinger Report

No one disaster can be linked directly to climate change, but experts agree that extreme weather events, like the downpours that shattered rainfall records in Eastern Kentucky, are becoming more common as the atmosphere warms. And while Kentucky is on the slow road to recovery, new weather events are stressing other communities.