Celestial Star 12-Inch Diameter Tabletop Globe

Catalog description

Celestial Star 12-Inch Diameter Tabletop Globe, part number AEP006, is a discontinued product from the 2007–2011 catalog. It was last listed at $189.98.

Give your students a visual reference to aid the astronomer perception of Earth in space with the Celestial Star 12-inch Diameter Tabletop Globe. This unique globe shows constellations and other cosmic phenomena in 3-D format. Mounted on a full horizon and meridian base the 12-inch star globe and the 4-inch world globe may each be rotated independently. The meridian may be tilted to adjust the globe for latitude while the horizon ring indicates the actual horizon in relation to the point of observation on earth. You can even set the sun by adjusting it from where it is now located near the North Pole.

Some Classroom Activities for this Globe:Using the globe as a sun dialYour relationship to the universeSeasonsLatitude and LongitudeRight ascension and declination About American Education Products LLCThe divisions of American Education Products LLC include Scott Resources Hubbard Scientific National Teaching Aids and Ginsberg Scientific. Working together these divisions have been supplying the highest quality classroom materials domestically and internationally for over 40 years. Thanks to their creative in-house product development team they are able to introduce many new products on a yearly basis. The products from American Education Products have helped teachers bring the joy of discovery through hands-on and investigative learning styles to generations of students. They are sincerely proud of their legacy and promise to continue to meet the needs of present and future students as they prepare to become knowledgeable and successful world citizens.

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