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GROUP/STUDENT PLANETARIUM SHOWS - (Current as of 05/01/08)
Following are the Planetarium show selections available for privately
scheduled groups. Also included are educational standards and Educator's
Guides as applicable.
Pre-K - Kindergarten
Don't Duck, Look Up! - running time 20 minutes
Designed for young viewers, this fun, friendly and interactive exploration of the sky includes the motions of the sun and earth.
- Education Standards
- Educational Supplemental Materials
Pre-K - K
Larry Cat in Space - running time 30 minutes
Larry Cat in Space is a playful, imaginative cartoon presentation about an adventurous cat who takes a trip to the moon. His experiences teach important facts about the Moon and the Earth.
- Trailer (QuickTime)
- Trailer (Windows Media)
- Education Standards
Pre-K to Grade 1
The Zula Patrol: Under the Weather - running time 24 minutes
The stalwart heroes of the Zula Patrol are on an expedition collecting samples of weather on planet Zula for scientist Multo's researth--using their loyal pet Gorga's ability to collect and bottle all kinds of weather. But when the Zula gang inadvertently hurts Gorga's feelings, he decides to leave Zula and find another planet to live on. Interplanetary villain Dark Truder tricks Gorga into stealing the weather from other planets - part of his latest nefarious scheme to rule the Universe. The Zula Patrol find out and go after him - in the process learning all about weather, both terrestrial
and interplanetary.
- Educator's Supplemental Materials
- Trailer (QuickTime)
- Trailer (Windows Media)
- Educational Standards
Pre-K - Grade 1
Legends of the Night Sky: Orion - running time 24 minutes
Narrated by Aesop the owl and Socrates the mouse, this fully animated cartoon takes a light-hearted look at the myths and stories associated with the winter constellation Orion, the great hunter.
- Trailer (QuickTime)
- Trailer (Windows Media)
- Educator's Supplemental Materials
- Education Standards
Pre-K - Grade 1
Dark Star Adventure
- running time 28 minutes
This animated adventure lets us join Subrah, a mischievous teenage girl who is bored by science, and her friend Sweeps as they take an unforgettable voyage of discovery to unravel a cosmic riddle. Along the way you will witness the power of a supernova, explore the heart of a gaseous nebula, visit exotic pulsars, and learn about black holes.
- Trailer (QuickTime)
- Trailer (Windows Media)
- Educator's Supplemental Materials
- Education Standards
Grades 1 thru 6
Sky Quest - running time 24 minutes
Told from the viewpoint of an astronomer who built her own observatory,
Sky Quest is an exploration of the stars, planets and constellations. Share the view from her telescope as she describes a lifelong fascination of the heavens.
- Trailer (QuickTime)
- Trailer (Windows Media)
- Education Standards
Grades 3 thru 12
Astronaut - running time 25 minutes
The exploration of space is the greatest endeavor that humankind has ever undertaken. What does it take to be part of this incredible journey? What does it take to become an astronaut? Experience a rocket launch from inside the body of an astronaut. Explore the amazing worlds of inner and outer space, from floating around the International Space Station to maneuvering through microscopic regions of the human body. Discover the perils that lurk in space as we subject "Chad", our test astronaut, to everything that space has to throw at him.
- Trailer (QuickTime)
- Trailer (Windows Media)
- Education Standards
Grades 3 thru 12
Mars - running time 25 minutes
"Mars" forges through the science and the fiction, fast-forwarding to the space age and the dusty, cratered world of the Mariner, Viking and Pathfinder missions. Join in the latest discoveries from a new generation of Mars exploration craft and take a speculative look into the future.
- Trailer (QuickTime)
- Trailer (Windows Media)
- Educator's Supplemental Materials
- Education Standards
Grades 4 thru 12
Destination Saturn - running time 35 minutes
The planet Saturn has long been considered the crown jewel of the solar system,
a symbol of all that is exotic and wonderful about our universe. A robot emissary named Cassini-Huygens has become our eyes and ears a billion miles from the Sun. Launched in 1997, the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan is only now providing an unparalleled scientific opportunity to explore Saturn's glittering rings, colorful storm clouds, and bizarre moons.
- Educator's Supplemental Materials
- Education Standards
Grades 4 thru 12
Oasis in Space - running time 24 minutes
Is Earth the only water world in our Solar System? Take an exciting space flight through our Solar System in search of water and water worlds like Earth. This trip to the planets includes the latest scientific theory on the formation of the solar system and planets as well as the most recent astronomical research and exploration, including data from robot explorers.
- Trailer (QuickTime)
- Trailer (Windows Media)
- Educator's Supplemental Materials
- Education Standards
Grades 4 thru 12
Ultimate Universe - running time 35 minutes
From the edge of space and time, through vast fields of wondrous galaxies, to the majesty of our solar system, take a grand tour of the universe and experience its most provocative secrets. The “Ultimate Universe” is a journey from the edge of the universe through space and time to reach our home planet, witnessing the major components of the cosmos along the way. See the transformation of galaxies in collision. Experience the devastation of a star’s death. Feel the immense power of erupting volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon, Io. Discover the “Ultimate Universe”.
- Education Standards
Grades 4 thru 12
Passport to the Universe - running time 20 minutes
Narrated by two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks, this exhilarating
flight through a precise, virtual re-creation of our universe is an astounding
visual adventure through space. Travel through our Solar System, out of our galaxy, and deep into intergalactic space to answer the question, "Where are
we in the universe?"
- Trailer (QuickTime)
- Trailer (Windows Media)
- Educator's Supplemental Materials
- Education Standards
Grades 6 thru 12
Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity - running time 24 minutes
Narrated by Academy Award nominee Liam Neeson, "Black Holes" uses the latest discoveries and observations to help us view the formation of the early universe, star birth and death, the collision of giant galaxies, and a simulated flight
to the super massive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way Galaxy.
- Trailer (QuickTime)
- Trailer (Windows Media)
- Educator's Supplemental Materials
- Education Standards
Grades 6 thru 12
BIG - running time 25 minutes
Experience how big the universe really is! Take an imaginary journey across the Solar System, through the Eagle Nebula, out of our galaxy and well beyond into the blackness of space.
- Trailer (QuickTime)
- Trailer (Windows Media)
- Educator's Supplemental Materials
- Education Standards
Grades 6 thru 12
Hubble Vision 2 - running time 30 minutes
This show presents the latest discoveries made by scientists via the Hubble Space Telescope. Explanations incorporate the objects observed and the processes that shape the cosmos.
- Trailer (QuickTime)
- Trailer (Windows Media)
- Educator's Supplemental Materials
- Education Standards
Holiday Shows (available in December only)
All Ages
Season of Light - running time 35 minutes
This show discusses historical, religious, and cultural rituals from around the world and how the motions of the Sun and Earth at the time of winter solstice
play a roll in our holiday festivities.
- Trailer (QuickTime)
- Trailer (Windows Media)
- Education Standards
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