Download William Brish Planetarium Available Programs List Grade Program

William Brish Planetarium Available Programs List
This first list is a list of shows that are available to WCPS classes as well. Keep in mind if choosing one
that if you have WCPS students in your group, they may have previously seen one or more of these
shows. The “Grade” column shows a range for which these programs are recommended.
Grade
Pre-K
K
Program Title
The Sky Above Mr.
Roger’s Neighborhood
Duration
30 minutes
Description
Learn about the stars, sun, moon, and other sky
objects in the “Land of Make Believe”.
Pre K
K
1
Pre K
K
1
2
“You Are My Sunshine”
45 minutes
“Don’t Duck, Look Up”
60 minutes
“Sunny Side of the
Moon”
45 minutes
2
“Zubanelgenubi’s
Magic Sky”
60-75 minutes
2-5
6-8
9-adult
“Star Stories”
(No slides or video
included)
30-60 minutes
3-5
6-8
“Planet Patrol”
60 minutes
3-5
6-8
“Solar System
Adventure Tour”
60 minutes
4-5
6-8
“Worlds in Motion”
60 minutes
Sunny the dog helps students learn about the
Sun and its effects on us with a song that helps
students to remember.
Dudley Duck shares his first day under the sky.
The sun’s motion, moon phases, and star
patterns are included.
Sunny the dog helps students to learn about
the moon and its characteristics. Several songs
are used during the lesson. Seasonal stars and
stories are included as well as phases of the
moon.
Follow Zubee as we learn about the sun, moon,
planets and constellations. The fire hydrant,
“Hydro” helps us learn and keeps us hydrated.
Be warned, you WILL get wet!!!
This lesson takes students on a tour of the
current night sky constellations. They will learn
how to find these star patterns, and will use
props to act out the stories to help them
remember them.
A mysterious signal is being beamed to an alien
world from somewhere in our solar system!
Help Sam Snork find out where this
transmission is coming from! Also included is a
current night sky tour.
A simulated flight through the solar system as a
passenger on a spaceship. Planet
characteristics are an integral part of the show.
Also includes a current night sky tour.
Follow a “Couch Potato” as he learns about the
motions of the universe from the atomic level
to galactic.
This next list is a list of programs available and generally shown as public shows. A current night sky tour
is included with each show.
Program Title
“The Universe of Dr.
Einstein”
“Tis the Season”
Duration
30-60 minutes
“Galileo: The Power of
the Telescope”
30-60 minutes
“New Horizons”
(available starting in
January 2012)
“Cowboy Astronomer”
30-60 minutes
“A Holiday Story”
30-60 minutes
“Dark Matter”
30-60 minutes
“Wonderful Sky”
(recommended for
children grades pre-K
through 1, available
starting in August 2012)
“Bad Astronomy;
Myths and
Misconceptions”
“Clouds of Fire: The
Origin of Stars”
“Images of the Infinite:
The Hubble Space
Telescope”
“The Planets”
30-60 minutes
“Navigating With Lewis
and Clark”
30-60 minutes
30-60 minutes
30-60 minutes
30-60 minutes
30-60 minutes
30-60 minutes
30-60 minutes
Description
See the universe as Albert Einstein did from an
historic, mathematical, and personal perspective.
Examine many of the seasonal customs based on
light as well as various winter holiday traditions
including Yule, greenery, Santa and the Christmas
Star.
Over 400 years ago Galileo revolutionized
astronomy and science by using a telescope to
observe the sky. Witness the history and modern
uses of this scientific instrument.
The New Horizons is well on its way to study the
dwarf planet Pluto. Learn about the spacecraft
and our solar system in this presentation.
Take a tour of the night sky and learn the history
of some constellations…Cowboy Style!
What do the stars have to do with Christmas trees,
St. Nick and the Three Wise Men? Find out with
“A Holiday Story”!
What do we know about Dark Matter, where it is,
what it might be and the physics behind the
universe? Find out with “Dark Matter”!
Learn all about the sky above us and the
differences between the day and night sky.
Journey with the “Bad Astronomer” Phil Plait, as
he guides us through all the “Bad Astronomy”
Myths currently making their rounds!
Learn all about the life-cycle of stars, from birth to
death.
A program featuring the Hubble Space Telescope,
things it has seen, and ways in which it has
changed our understanding of the Universe.
A program featuring the objects of our solar
system, extra-solar planets, and how we are
finding other solar systems.
See how Lewis and Clark navigated their way
through their famous journey and how the sun,
moon and stars played a role in their travels.
“In Search of New
Worlds”
30-60 minutes
“Destination Pluto”
30-60 minutes
“Seeing the Invisible
Universe”
30-60 minutes
“The Stargazer”
30-60 minutes
“Visions of a Spring
Night”
30-60 minutes
“More Than Meets the
Eye”
“Galaxies “
30-60 minutes
“Spirits From the Sky”
30-60 minutes
“Light Years From
Andromeda”
30-60 minutes
30-60 minutes
A history of the discovery of new planets in our
own solar system and the future of hunting for
extra-solar planets.
Take a trip with Captain Edward John Smith
through our solar system to the dwarf planet
Pluto.
Find out what we learn about the Universe
through the invisible parts of the light spectrum.
Supernovas, Pulsars, Quasars, Black Holes and
more are discussed!
Nichelle Nichols, chief communications officer
from the original Star Trek series, takes you
through the history of star gazing, the spectra of
stars and supernovas.
A guided tour of the Spring night sky with narrated
stories about how Mythology tells us these
constellations came to be.
The night sky as seen through our eyes, binoculars,
and telescopes.
Nebula, galaxies, clusters and super-clusters are
discussed.
A Pawnee view of the night sky and what it all
means.
Just what went on during the time it took for the
light we see today to travel from the Andromeda
Galaxy to our eyes?
As more programs become available, they will be added to the list.