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Notice! All public events have been canceled until further notice.
In order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, we will not hold any public events until further notice.

 

Fun and educational things to do at home - for children and adults!

NOTE: To access the activities and shows listed, simply click on the title! The titles are all blue ink.

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  • More Astronomical Fun Stuff. Share these fun activities with your friends and classmates:
    • Compliments of UK company NSC Creative, some Educational Resources: https://wearealiens.nsccreative.com/r... (see below for link to their full dome show We Are Aliens)
    • compliments of Antonietta Monteleone and Cosmic Pictures.

      • Challenge: Asteroids  Play a free, browser-based game which exposes players to exciting careers in engineering. Challenge: Asteroids! focuses on space exploration and asteroids by challenging players to take on the role of an engineer at SpaceWorks aerospace facility.

      • Asteroid: Mission Extreme Fun Facts & Space Riddles is a downloadable PDF fact sheet and space riddle about asteroids. What's the difference between a meteor and a meteorite? A comet and an asteroid?

 

 

Watch Now - Full Dome Shows!

Full Dome Shows, to watch at home. These shows are full length Full Dome shows formatted to fit your monitor screen. Click on the title to watch.
  • compliments of Joanne Young and AV-Imagineering! Thank you Joanne and AVI!
  • The following shows are 5-10 minute animated shorts:
  • Compliments of Giant Screen Films. Yeah, Giant Screen Films!
    • Dinosaurs Alive! Description: Dinosaurs Alive! is a global adventure of science and discovery – featuring the earliest dinosaurs of the Triassic Period to the monsters of the Cretaceous, “reincarnated” life-sized for the giant screen. Audiences will journey with some of the world’s preeminent paleontologists as they uncover evidence that the descendants of dinosaurs still walk (or fly) among us. Narrated by Michael Douglas.
    • Wild Ocean Wild Ocean is an award-winning, action-packed adventure exploring the interplay between man and our endangered ocean ecosystem. The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy, an epic struggle for survival where whales, sharks, dolphins, seals, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator, mankind.

    • Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs.  Part historic journey and part forensic adventure, Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs follows researchers as they piece together the archaeological and genetic clues of Egyptian mummies. The film tells the story of one of the greatest finds in modern history: the late 19th century discovery of a cache of forty mummies, including twelve Kings of Egypt, among them the legendary Rameses the Great. Narrated by Christopher Lee.

    • Giant Screen Films is offering these 3 films free of charge until June 15th,
  • Compliments of Sky-Skan and Annette Sotheran-Barnett.
    • To Space and Back. Description: To Space and Back takes audiences on an incredible journey from the far reaches of our known universe to our own planet. It is an extraordinary story of human ingenuity and incredible engineering, describing how the technology that transports us through space is paving the way for the devices and apps we use every day. What’s happening above is coming back down to Earth! Narrated by James May. Thanks, Annette! (show expires mid June, 2020)
      Clip full dome show- To Space & Back
  • Compliments of UK studio  NSC Creative. Thank you, NSC.
    • We Are Aliens: Description: Are we alone? Watch our planetarium show at home to find out more. Narrated by Rupert Grint, We Are Aliens is another award-winning show from the NSC Creative team and allows families, adults and children to explore important questions: Are there other civilisations out there? Will we one day connect with them? Or is it just us? In other words: Are we alone? NSC is making We Are Aliens available free until 22 May.

    Compliments of Jenn Davis, Evans & Southerland and Spitz, Inc: