Thanks to a grant from the South Whidbey Schools Foundation, students at Langley Middle School will get the chance to search the skies.

Middle school science teacher Leslie Hoelting has scheduled an astronomy van from Seattle’s Pacific Science Center to visit the school next month.

On Friday, Jan. 8, the Science-on-Wheels van will be set up for a day’s worth of astronomy education laboratories for the school’s sixth- and seventh-graders.

The van will also offer an up-to-date exhibit on the universe and what lies beyond our own solar system.