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Secret of the Cardboard Rocket
Showing: Sat. 11:00 a.m.
Climb aboard a magical cardboard rocket with two young adventurers and experience a breathtaking, up-close look at each of our solar system's planets with guidance from a wise Astronomy Book. Great for young children ages 5-10 and their families!
With "Book," as their guide, the travelers seek to visit the Sun, the eight planets and Pluto. They land on Venus, Mars and Pluto, fly through the Great Red Spot on Jupiter and view the other planets and the Sun from close vantage points. As they tour the solar system, "Book" relays interesting facts about each body, making sure his students learn something while on their wild ride.
Total Running Time (approx): 40 minutes
The Little Star That Could
Showing: Sat. 12:00 p.m.
“The Little Star That Could,” is the story of an average yellow star in search for planets of its own to protect and warm. Along the way, our little star meets other stars, learns what makes each star special and discovers how stars combine to form star clusters and galaxies. Eventually, the Little Star finds its planets. Each planet is introduced with basic information about our solar system. This fun show helps us all to feel special, just like this average little star.
Recommended Age Group: Grades K thru 6
Zula Patrol: Under the Weather
Showing: Sat. 1:00 p.m.
From the far reaches of outer space, from the bright orange planet Zula, comes the Zula Patrol! Based on the award-winning “The Zula Patrol” TV series www.zula.com airing on PBS affiliates nationwide, on NBC Saturday morning and on qubo, the multiplatform children’s programming outlet from Scholastic, ION Media Networks and NBC Universal, The Zula Patrol: Under the Weather is a must-see for audiences of all ages. Written by Zula's Emmy-award winning staff and animated by Spitz, Inc, Under the Weather is now in distribution to more than 40 digital dome theaters worldwide since its launch at Chicago’s Adler Planetarium. Like the TV series, the dome show supports many national and state science education standards.
The story: the stalwart heroes of the Zula Patrol are on an expedition collecting samples of weather for scientist Multo's research -- 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 then tricks Gorga into stealing the weather from other planets - part of his latest nefarious scheme to rule the Universe. The ZPers find out and go after him - in the process learning all about weather, both terrestrial and interplanetary.
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Molecularium - Riding Snowflakes
Showing: Sat. 2:00 p.m. | Sun. 2:00 p.m.
Molecularium™- Riding Snowflakes
is a magical, musical adventure into the world of ATOMS and MOLECULES! This Digital-Dome experience takes you on a journey with OXY, HYDRO and HYDRA, an amazing cast of atoms, aboard the most fantastic ship in the Universe: the MOLECULARIUM. It is the result of an unprecedented collaboration between scientists and artists, educators and entertainers.Molecularium brings kids on a musical cartoon adventure into a NANOSCALE UNIVERSE created from accurate molecular simulations. They learn about the 3 states of matter as they travel into a cloud, watch a snowflake form, and count the number of water molecules in a raindrop.
Total Running Time (approx):
We Are Astronomers
Showing: Fri. 8:00 p.m. | Sat. 3:00 & 8:00 p.m. | Sun. 3:00 p.m.
Do you know what an astronomer does? Today’s astronomer is not the lone observer of past centuries. We Are Astronomers follows astronomers from around the globe as they work together, endeavoring to answer the unresolved questions of the stars by using incredible scientific technology. You’ll participate in an international quest to uncover the secrets of far off galaxies and decipher the code of starlight and be immersed in the world of exotic galaxies and endless possibilities, charting changes and challenges in stargazing since time began.
Total Running Time (approx): 25:00 minutes
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Bugs! A Rainforest Adventure
Showing: Fri. 7:00 p.m. | Sat. 4:00 & 7:00 p.m. | Sun. 4:00 p.m.
Highlighting the extraordinary world of insects, BUGS! - A Rainforest Adventure focuses on the life cycles of a praying mantis and a butterfly from their birth to their inevitable encounter in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia where predator meets its prey.
More than forty tropical insects are featured in A Rainforest Adventure - BUGS! The audience will view the birth of hundreds of praying mantids, captured in minute detail in Large Format; see a caterpillar hatch from a single tiny egg to metamorphose into a butterfly, and watch as a praying mantis snaps up a fly for its dinner—another giant screen first. A variety of other tropical animals which make their way across the gigantic screen, some magnified 250,000 times their normal size, includes tarantulas, scorpions, vipers, and Jungle Nymphs as well as a million bats as they flit through the jungle in search of insects which they consume nightly by the ton. It's survival of the fittest!
Narrated by the distinguished English actress, Dame Judi Dench ( Iris, Mrs. Brown)
Pink Floyd's: Through the Prism
Showing: Fri. & Sat. 9:00 p.m.
PLAYLIST
Astronomy Domine
- One Of These Days
- Money
- Wish You Were Here
- Pigs On The Wing
- Comfortably Numb
- Keep Talking
Total Running Time (approx): 36:00 minutes
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Showing: Fri. 10:00 p.m.
With its release in 1979 and subsequent movie in 1982, Pink Floyd's groundbreaking album “The Wall” has become synonymous with, if not the very definition of, the term "concept album." All 15 tracks of this imaginative and intriguing album are featured in the laser light show. The songs include: “In the Flesh,” “Goodbye Blue Sky,” “Comfortably Numb,” and the ever-popular “Another Brick in the Wall.”
Total Running Time (approx): 52:05minutes
PLAYLIST
- In the Flesh
- The Thin Ice
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part I)
- The Happiest Days of Our Lives
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)
- Mother
- Goodbye Blue Sky
- Empty Spaces
- Young Lust
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part III)
- Hey You
- Comfortable Numb
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Showing: Sat. 10:00 p.m.
Pink Floyd's groundbreaking album, Dark Side of the Moon, is presented in its entirety, with mezmerizing 3D graphics and colors so pure they can only be generated with laser light. Speak to Me, Breathe, On the Run, Time, The Great Gig in the Sky, Money, Us and Them, Any Colour You Like, Brain Damage, and Eclipse , each album track perfectly reproduced using the Planetarium's 15,000-watt digital sound system.
Journey to the Dark Side of the Moon with one of the most popular laser shows of all time. See mesmerizing, kaleidoscopic imagery and computer graphics choreographed to an all time classic.
Total Running Time (approx): 43:32 minutes
PLAYLIST
- Speak to Me
- Breathe
- On the Run (Part I)
- Time
- The Great Gig in the Sky
- Money
- Us and Them
- Any Colour You Like
- Just Like Heaven
- Brain Damage