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Dieruff High School in Allentown, Pa., is upgrading its beloved Learning Dome, a former planetarium that's been teaching students about everything from biology to anatomy since 1965, the Allentown Morning Call reports.
The Learning Dome still features astronomy lessons, but it can also teach students about other subjects such as biology, environmental science, and anatomy.
"It gives us this visual representation and brings it right, literally, in their face," Leila Little, the school's Learning Dome educator, tells the Morning Call.
"They can visually make connections that you can't see on a flat screen or in a textbook."
The Learning Dome still features astronomy lessons, but it can be controlled using an iPad or an Xbox controller, which Little says is helpful for students.
"They know how to use an Xbox remote better than I know how to use an Xbox remote," she tells the Morning Call.
"So they just go and they can travel the Earth, in and out of space, through the solar system."
The Learning Dome was reopened in 2010 after the longtime operator of the facility, Gary Becker, retired.
Butz Inc., one of the people who raised money to reopen it, tells the Morning Call it was "a crime to not have it in operation."
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