Students at CU Boulder are bringing the entire universe to your backyard, well, at least a portable and inflatable version of the cosmos.
Students at CU Boulder are bringing the entire universe to your backyard, well, at least a portable and inflatable version of the cosmos.
For eight years, undergrads at the university have traveled across Colorado to visit elementary, middle and high schools in towns from Julesburg in the north to San Luis in the south.
And they bring with them an unusual learning environment: a portable planetarium.
In this space, which looks a bit like a bouncy house, the CU Boulder students have the entire cosmos at their fingertips. With the flick of the switch, they can take groups of school children on trips from the moons of Saturn to the fringes of the known universe—and back again.
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Image via Jenny Briggs.
