Bringing Slooh to Homeschoolers

Written by Giang Long Lương, Slooh’s Ambassador of Homeschool Initiatives

Slooh has been a platform for everyone to do astronomy regardless of location, experience, or age, ranging from elementary students, experienced astronomers, to homeschoolers. In addition to telescope access, homeschoolers can use Slooh’s assets for learning and applying astronomy in their own way, giving them a practical way to grasp topics from a formal curriculum such as OpenStax Anatomy 2e.

Simply posting regularly and building up knowledge gives a whole new meaning to what space is about. As a homeschooled student, Slooh offers a place for me to publish and share my work and build astronomy projects, like collecting catalogs of celestial objects and diving into FITS files.

Slooh’s Updates for Homeschoolers

It took some time to find a workflow using Slooh that matched my astronomy interests, but now that our homeschool audience is growing, the Slooh team has made a couple of resources available that would help you start your own journey:

• Slooh’s Homeschool Quest:

A new quest designed for homeschoolers to start exploring and using Slooh. The quest is a structured 4-week pathway to provide a step-by-step guide. Adapted from the original The Homeschooler’s Guide to the Slooh Universe, the quest allows you to track your progress while the guide has extra tips and resources. You can find a link to the original guide in the quest: https://app.slooh.com/quest-details/516

• The Slooh Homeschool Community: 

Astronomy is a collaborative science! At the official Slooh Workspace for homeschoolers, you can connect with others and the Slooh team, work together on team projects, and get direct tips and resources.

Eventually, Slooh becomes not just a learning platform, but a launchpad for further opportunities. The first image taken on Slooh in March 2025 has led to designing the certificates and the official Yearbook for Slooh’s Gravity Awards Finale in 2026 and writing The Homeschooler’s Guide to the Slooh Universe.

Writing a Guide

Making and building something with effect in the real world was always my key source of motivation, and I soon had a taste of it while writing and designing the Homeschooler’s Guide to the Slooh Universe. Writing my first-ever guide took a few key steps:

• Past Experience: prior projects like writing posts, observations, research reports, and news transferred nicely for the content of the guide
• The Gravity Awards Yearbook and Certificates: experience in designing astronomy posters helped tremendously to create the Yearbook and certificates for celebrating dedicated Slooh members. The Yearbook itself was a reference for designing the guide.
• Exploring Slooh’s Resources: I was able to model the 4-week pathway after how I first learned to use the platform, starting with missions, then sharing thoughts and learning from quests, and finally building projects. 

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Since the first image of Mars on Slooh to now, it has been more than worth it. To all of our homeschooled members on Slooh, we’re excited to join your journey on the platform. Try the new quest, and let’s begin your homeschool astronomy lab!