Astronomy For Kids

Astronomical Learning Gizmo

December 2, 2008 on 9:54 pm | In general | No Comments

This little gizmo is an ultra attractive learning tool that does not even need the night sky to learn with, although it certainly helps. One can tour the sky with its help and see the realities he reads about during the day. It’s like a hand-held Gameboy, full of amazing information and correct placements of planets and constellations based on the current date and time. Kids can switch modes to see the scribed in pictures of the mythological beasts and personages who populate the sky and whom the constellations were named for.

Self-illuminated, it is a small planesphere complete with light and sound. An audio presentaion heklps the viewer navigate the machine, leading to an understanding of what’s going on up there. It has a glow in the dark compass and a cool back lit LCD clock display. I really like this little thing and I suspect it could be a real educational attention grabber.

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