ABOUT DOME ED

​Experienced Instruction

Andy Cohen has been presenting, creating curriculum, writing review booklets and training teachers to teach astronomy science standards using a portable planetarium for over ten years.  He has the luxury of revising and refining his curriculum for the astronomy content in the South Carolina Science Standards and honing his instruction to make the most of your time with us.

Instruction not possible in the classroom

Your students' time inside the dome is precious so we make sure that every moment is dedicated to using this unique environment to provide instruction that is simply not possible in a classroom: light-proof space and high-intensity light source provide crisp shadows needed to explore the relationships between Earth's rotation and night and day, the Moon's orbit and monthly phases, and the change of seasons as the Earth revolves around the Sun

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State Science Standards Alignment

Astronomy has been the lowest scoring content area on the South Carolina standardized tests statewide, for every school district and for nearly every school, since South Carolina started state-wide standardized testing.  Instruction has been developed to specifically address nearly every astronomy content standard for each grade.  

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​Review Booklets and Teacher Keys

Teachers can request a review booklet for their students to reinforce each of the concepts presented along with the State Standards to which they apply.  We'll cover a lot in a short amount of time and these review booklets will review and reinforce their learning experience.

(Additional costs apply for review booklets and teacher keys)