Our planetarium programs include comprehensive astronomy education for grades K-12 aligned with Newfoundland&Labrador Science Standards. Feel free to contact us with your questions and special requests as they relate to your science curricula needs.
OUR PLANETARIUM SHOWS
Our planetarium shows consist of three parts: the current night sky, interactive and a fulldome film.
As the lights go down, we show you how to navigate the current night sky. Learn how to identify constellations, asterisms, planets, and more!
Follow the educational curriculum for the class level.
Next, sit back and enjoy a fulldome film related to your class acyivities.!
Follow a teddy bear’s discovery of flight in this delightful adventure especially for ages 4-7. Wilbear’s grandpa uses demonstrations exploring the nature of flight to build up to the story of the Wright Brother’s historic first airplane experience. Grandpa bear captivates audiences with tales of inventions over time from kites and gliders to today’s jet planes. Young Wilbear’s dream comes true when he gets to fly in a real airplane just like his hero Wilbur Wright.
In this 30-minute program a grandfather and his grandchildren watch a solar eclipse from the scenic cliffs overlooking their moon colony. Conversation leads to contrasts between the moon, the only home the grandchildren know, and the Earth where the grandfather has spent most of his life.
Through his stories the grandfather takes audiences on a dizzying wild canyon ride, to an ice age blizzard with a woolly mammoths, and back in time to where the dinosaurs lived. Each experience begins with a telescope view of the dynamic Earth in stark contrast with the unchanging lunar landscape. Grades 3-5: Grades 6-9
Sizing up Space
Grades 3-12
From the center of the Earth to the edge of the universe, this planetarium perspective demonstrates where we are. The Universe arranges itself into parts and clusters of parts that can be seen from Earth. A survey of these and the vast distances between them help us understand where we fit as a living planet orbiting one average star. The planetarium host also conducts a tour of the constellations in the sky this season.
While attending a local star party, two teenagers learn how the telescope has helped us understand our place in space and how telescopes continue to expand our understanding of the Universe. Their conversation with a local female astronomer enlightens them on the history of the telescope and the discoveries these wonderful tools have made. The students see how telescopes work and how the largest observatories in the world use these instruments to explore the mysteries of the Universe.
Mars Show
Grades 3-12
The Mars invasion has begun. The little red planet has attracted the attention of humans for decades, and this program will follow the history and current events in our exploration of that little red neighbor. The planetarium host will add an introduction to the Newfoundland sky and its constellations. Mars Invasion traces the long tradition of human curiosity about Mars and our assault of technology from the Mariner missions in the 1970′s to the orbiters and rovers of today. Perhaps the next machines we send there will be human.
Astralis
Grades 6-12
The show is about the life cycle of Stars. From the birth of star in a stellar nursery to its journey towards a black hole or supernova, “Astralis” explains these phenomena in a very easy narrative. With the eye catchy visuals and lovely music, the show works for all age groups including school audience
In this lively participatory program, cartoon characters talk to us as the daytime and nighttime skies are explored. The planetarium host is Zubenelgenubi (Zubee for short), and introduces visitors to the planetarium and the colorful characters enjoying the sky. During the show, the audience is introduced to Tracy the telephone pole, Hydro the hydrant, and a talking Sun and Moon. During the program a point-out of constellations is followed by a story and stormy sky. Students pitch in to help to blow the storm away and the program ends with a peaceful sunrise and new day.
We say it like this: ZU-ben-ell-guh-NU-bee
Cosmic Tour
Grades 6-12
Cosmic Tour: (Our most requested presentation from schools as it is curriculum driven.) We leave the lights of St. John’s to view the shining lights of our cosmic neighbors in this dark night sky. Our planetarium specialist adopts this tour to the grade you need. Covering concepts such as: - night and day, seasons, constellations, formation, evolution and structure of the Solar System and Universe and embracing Canadian contributions to space exploration.
The nature of color affects all of our perception of the universe from telescope images to invisible light that cooks our popcorn. Explore the source and qualities of color in show that takes visitors from inside the eye to the farthest reaches of space.
From the center of the Earth to the edge of the universe, this planetarium perspective demonstrates where we are. The Universe arranges itself into parts and clusters of parts that can be seen from Earth. A survey of these and the vast distances between them help us understand where we fit as a living planet orbiting one average star. The planetarium host also conducts a tour of the constellations in the sky this season.
Sizing up Space
Mars Show
Astralis
Cosmic Tour