Google Sky

One of the nice things about being here at Exploding Beakers is that when new technology gets released (or even old ones dusted off), it's part of our "job" to play around with it. It's not just kindergarten teachers that subscribe to the "Learn Through Play" philosophy -we do too, and it's something we encourage all science teachers to explore.

So over the next few days we will be playing around with Google Sky, the latest addition to Google Earth, a free download we've been a fan of for some time. Now, users can turn the power Google program into the night sky and use it to view images of interstellar objects. Currently, we've been using Stellarium for our astronomy focused units in grades six, seven, and nine, as well as high school physics.

You can check out both of these programs through the sidebar download link.