With Your Support, We can Provide Every Student Equal Access to the Universe.
Space Exploration For All
At Slooh, we are dedicated to making real-world, real-time space exploration accessible for every student.
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We have launched a movement where teaching and learning about The Universe and its Stars and The Earth's Place in the Universe is easy, engaging, and affordable for all.
Challenges
Light Pollution
80% of Earth's population living in cities cannot see the stars. Millions of kids can’t see the night sky from light polluted locations.
Resources
Funding limitations result in few schools that teach astronomy or have access to observatories. Most teachers are not trained in astronomy
Equity
Low-income students have much less access to STEM learning than higher-income peers.
Opportunities
Significantly fewer hands-on science activities, access to science labs and materials, opportunities to take computer science classes, and teachers with sufficient math teaching resources
How Slooh Responds
Our Mission is to rebuild our collective connection to the night sky.
Slooh is a scalable platform that teaches people how to explore space via remote control of a network of online telescopes — a turn-key virtual classroom with an integrated curriculum for 4th grade to college, teacher professional development and adult education.
Opportunities
Gamified Learning
Education is becoming more digitized. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of e-learning.
Education
Outreach
The new space race is fuelling public interest in space exploration.
Workforce
Preparation
There is growing recognition of the urgent need for investment in K-12 STEM education and teacher professional development.
How We Are Addressing These Challenges
Slooh Has Democratized Access To Space
Slooh pioneered social astronomy and has formed
a global community sharing telescopes and knowledge.
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Technology
From backyard telescopes to networked
mountaintop observatories
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15 robotic online telescopes including observatories in the Canary Islands and Chile
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18 hours of live feeds per day with 800 daily “Missions” to space
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Education
From textbooks to experiential learning
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Highly curated exploration experience with learning activities
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Gamified, asynchronous STEAM curriculum from elementary to college
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Community
From a solitary experience to a social one
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Live Star Parties syndicated to the media and attracts large audiences
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Community leaders act as guides and moderators
Recent Achievements
University of Sharjah Partnership
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Free for all Emirati students
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Building observatory in UAE, translating Slooh into Arabic
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West Sound STEM Network Partnership
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Expanding to 250 teachers/10,000 students by 2022
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One of many regional STEM alliances
College of the Canyons
Partnership
Professor won Astronomy Teacher of the Year award using Slooh
No other nonprofit or non-governmental organization provides an interface to space for schools and after-school programs where students actually control remote telescopes to explore space.
Slooh’s asynchronous online education program prepares thousands of students for jobs in the growing space industry and other STEM fields.
What Sets Slooh Apart
Impact of Your Support
Student Opportunities
Tens of thousands of low-income students actively engaged in hands-on astronomy curriculum that builds STEM interest, knowledge and skills.
Teachers
Thousands of teachers with specialized knowledge and skills in astronomy pedagogy.
Workforce Preparation
A robust, diverse pipeline of high school graduates with passion for and interest in work in STEM fields.
Meet The Board
Michael Paolucci
Founder and
CEO
Co-founder 24/7 Real Media, which went public and sold to WPP, pioneer of social astronomy and patent holder for live astronomy
April McMillan
PhD
Board Member
National Executive Director, Gamma Beta Phi Society
Former National Director of Programs, Boy Scouts of America
Jason Steffen
PhD
Board Member
Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Passionate People Working to Shape the World
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