Welcome to the team, Virginia! The Georgia office of SparkPoint Innovations opened in October of 2012 when The Big Canyon Balloon was introduced to the Southeast region for the first time. One year later, Orbit Earth Expo debuted in Georgia and has been a big hit ever since. In 2015, we expanded to North and South Carolina. In the fall of 2017, our Carolinas office will expand to include the state of Virginia.
We are excited for the teachers and students of Virginia to enjoy Orbit Earth Expo and experience our standards-aligned, grade level specific programs!
Virginia’s programs are taught by Tracy M. Custer, a certified teacher with passion for interactive, authentic learning!
Students journey into space to create and experience the cycles, systems and relationships between the earth, moon and sun using our huge, inflatable Earth model and scale-sized moon. While interacting with the inflatable representations in a darkened gymnasium with a light to represent the sun, students manipulate the models to experience eclipses, seasonal/lunar cycles, creation of winds, day/night cycles, tides, rotation vs revolution, physical characteristics of the earth, moon and sun, gravity, order of the planets, seasons and more! The Orbit Earth Expo Program correlates to the state and grade level science objectives. There are different age-appropriate programs for each grade level.
![]() |
Tracy CusterNC & SC Lead Teacher & Regional Manager: Orbit Earth Expo Tracy is a lifelong resident of North Carolina, growing up in and around Winston-Salem. Upon her graduation from North Forsyth High School, she was awarded the NC Teaching Fellows scholarship. She attended Elon College, earning her Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. She began her teaching career in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School system. During eighteen years in the public schools, Tracy worked in five schools and two school systems. She spent five years as a school librarian and earned her Master’s degree in Library & Information Science from UNC-Greensboro. By far, her favorite part of her career has been working for SparkPoint Innovations. Tracy is married and has two teenagers, one cat, one dog, and one bearded dragon. |











































































































