ENGLEWOOD, CO—January 28, 2026 – Starlab®, a part of the Science Interactive Group, has been named a Best of 2025 award winner. Starlab is a portable learning dome, equipped with a 4K projector to produce high quality images so students can easily visualize the details of our vast universe. For over 30 years, Starlab has been used in thousands of districts, schools, and science centers across the country to empower teachers to provide the most interactive learning experience possible for students.
This is an annual program that recognizes the top EdTech innovations and learning tools of the past year. The Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Best of 2025 awards celebrate educational technology from the last 12 months that has excelled in supporting teachers, students, and education professionals. Whether focused on classroom instruction, professional development, or the management of education resources, these winning solutions made a significant impact. Nominated products were divided into three categories: Primary, Secondary, and Higher Education.
Tech & Learning’s panel of expert judges evaluated each nominated product based on perceived: Data Privacy & Governance, Integration & Interoperability, and Outcomes & Impact. Only those products that scored highly across these criteria were named winners.
“We saw an explosion of innovation in educational technology in 2025, and these nominated products represent the best of the best,” says Christine Weiser, Content Director for Tech & Learning.
“Our judges were impressed with the breadth of these winning products that empower deeper learning, personalized experiences, and student engagement. The immersive Starlab system has been a proven method for engaging students with science and astronomy lessons. Now improved with industry-standard, robust 4K laser projection, this upgrade brings lessons to life.”
Starlab serves to expand access to a fully immersive learning experience and build growing student interest in STEM-related disciplines. For phenomena that are challenging or even impossible to experience in real life, Starlab provides teachers with an opportunity to help students observe the unobservable up close, creating an immersive learning experience that results in stronger student engagement and a deeper, more authentic understanding of concepts, further elevating the classroom learning experience.
Flexible and easy to transport and set up, Science Interactive Group’s Starlab package includes the 4K projector, dome, laptop, and turnkey curriculum, so teachers can seamlessly integrate preloaded or original content, while delivering stunningly crisp visuals that transport students into a world of exploration like never before.
If you’re interested in learning how to make Starlab a part of your curriculum, schedule a demo here.
