STARLAB Cylinders for Social Studies. . .
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The Maya Skies Cylinder projects the glyphs representing the sun, moon, eclipses, planets, stars, constellations and the Milky Way as seen by the Maya people. Maya Skies is paired with The World of the Maya curriculum featuring 25 activities concerning the culture and beliefs of the Maya. Together, the cylinder and curriculum help students to understand the motions of the moon and Venus, as well as learn how to do simple mathematics, undertake the construction of a Maya book, determine how dates in the Maya calendar compare to the Gregorian calendar, and decipher Maya glyphs. These materials are useful for teaching social studies, geography, astronomy, mathematics, and art at the upper elementary through high school level. Item #SL-360, $675 domestic.
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Lewis & Clark Celestial Navigation
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the expedition of Lewis & Clark, this cylinder projects the Celestial Equator, the lines of right ascension and declination, the ecliptic, the zodiacal constellations, the Precession Circle and constellations, and the North Celestial Pole and shows either the position of the sun at the equinoxes and the solstices, or the moon phases (new, full or quarters) in relation to the sun. Twenty-six student activities demonstrate how Lewis and Clark used celestial navigation to determine their location in the uncharted territory of the mid and northwest United.States. Item #SL-329, $675 domestic.
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This cylinder offers an exciting and innovative approach to teaching Civil War history through astronomy. It features a colorful aurora borealis, a series of comets that were common in the mid-nineteenth century including Swift-Tuttle, Tebbutt, and Enck as well as several meteor showers, a zodiacal light, and the vertical alignment of the planets in 1862. It is complemented by a curriculum entitled The Celestial Relationships in the American Civil War by Bernice-Marie Yates, Ph.D. with ten interdisciplinary student activities that demonstrate the relationships between history, astronomy, science, fine arts, geography, language arts and computer technology. Item #SL-330, $675 domestic.
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