Download WCPS Available Shows @ The William Brish Planetarium

WCPS Available
Shows
@ The William Brish
Planetarium
Grade
Program Title
Duration
Description
Pre-K
The Sky Above Mr.
Roger’s
Neighborhood
“Don’t Duck, Look
Up”
30-45
minutes
1
“Wonderful Sky”
45-60
minutes
1
“You Are My
Sunshine”
45-60
minutes
2
“Zubanelgenubi’s
Magic Sky”
45-60
minutes
2
“Sunny Side of the
Moon”
45-60
minutes
2
“Star Stories”
45-60
minutes
3
“Planet Patrol”
60 minutes
3
“Tell Time By Leo”
Or
“Tell Time By
Pegasus”
60 minutes
Learn about the stars, sun, moon,
and other sky objects in the “Land
of Make Believe”.
Dudley Duck shares his first day
under the sky. The sun’s motion,
moon phases, and star patterns are
included.
Learn all about the sky above us
and the differences between the
day and night sky.
Sunny the dog helps students learn
about the Sun and its effects on us
with a song that helps students to
remember.
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!!!
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.
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.
Use the apparent motion of the
stars to understand the rotation of
the Earth. Leo is available March
through May only (that’s when Leo
is visible!). Pegasus is available
October and November (that’s
when Pegasus is visible!).
K
60 minutes
Curricular
Connection
K – Earth/Space
2.D.1.a,b
K – Earth/Space
2.D.1.a,b
1st – Earth/Space
2.D.2.a
1st – Earth/Space
2.D.2.a
2nd – Earth/Space
2.D.1.a,c,d
2nd – Earth/Space
2.D.1.a,c,d
2nd – Earth/Space
2.D.1.a
3rd – Physics
5.A.1.a, 5.A.2.c
3rd – Physics
5.A.1.a, 5.A.2.c
3
“Follow the
Drinking Gourd”
60 minutes
3
“Star Stories”
45-60
minutes
4
“Solar System
Adventure Tour”
60-120
minutes
4
“Earth Motions”
Choose from:
45-120
minutes
* Full Version (120
min)
* Shortened Basic
(45-60 min)
* Shortened
Advanced (45-60
min)
Use the stars to follow the route of
the Underground Railroad to
freedom. It is based on the book
of the same name. Due to the
amount of interaction, this lesson
is limited to a maximum of two
classes per showing, one class is
preferred. If you do not have the
time to complete the pre-lesson
activities and learn the song,
please do not sign up for this
lesson.
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.
ELA Listening
6.2.A
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. Includes a game show for
groups able to do the full 120
minute program.
An interactive game show where
students learn about the motions
of the Earth and their effects.
Students use clickers to participate
in the game show. Data from the
game show can be exported and
sent to teachers to use in planning
instruction. This lesson is tailored
to the needs of your students. The
Full version takes 120 minutes and
goes from the basics to the
advanced. The Shortened Basic
Version covers the basics or
rotation and revolution. The
Shortened Advanced version
touches on the basics, then moves
on to the advanced effects of
rotation and revolution.
4th Earth/Space
2.D.1.b,c,e
Social Studies:
Peoples of the
Nation and World
2.C.1.A
Science: Physics
5.A.1.a
3rd Social Studies
History
5.A.1.b
5.A.2.a
4th Earth/Space
2.D.1.b,c,e
4
“Star Stories”
45-60
minutes
5
“Worlds in Motion”
60-120
minutes
5
“Finding Your Way
Around the Earth
and Sky”
60 minutes
5
“Star Stories”
45-60
minutes
5&
Middle
*NEW* “Cosmic
Colors”
45-60
minutes
Middle
“Analysis of Stellar
Data”
45-60
minutes
Middle
“Constellation
Types”
45-60
minutes
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.
Follow a “Couch Potato” as he
learns about the motions of the
universe from the atomic level to
galactic. Includes a game show for
groups able to do the full 120
minute program.
Latitude and longitude in the sky
and on Earth are main topics as
well as the changing position of the
Sun throughout the year.
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.
Cosmic Colors will take you on a
wondrous journey across the
entire electromagnetic spectrum.
Discover the many reasons for
color—like why the sky is blue and
why Mars is red. Take a tour
within a plant leaf and journey
inside the human eye. Investigate
x-rays by voyaging to a monstrous
black hole and then back at your
doctor’s office. You will even see
the actual color of a dinosaur-based on recent evidence. Get
ready for an amazing
adventure under a rainbow of
cosmic light!
A laboratory type lesson
comparing the characteristics of
planetarium stars by temperature,
color, size, brightness, and
distance.
A lesson comparing circumpolar,
zodiac, and seasonal characteristics
4th Earth/Space
2.D.1.b,c,e
5th Earth/Space
2.D.2.a,b,c,d
Science
5th Earth/Space
2.D.2.a,b,c,d
Social Studies
5th Geography
3.A.1.a,b
5th Earth/Space
2.D.2.a,b,c,d
5th Physics
5.D.3.c
5.D.4.a,b,c,d
6th Physics
5.D.1.a
5.D.3.a,b,c,d
8th Earth/Space
2.D.1.a,b,d
8th Earth/Space
2.D.1.a,b & 2.D.3.a,b
Middle
“Earth Motions”
Choose from:
* Full Version (120
min)
* Shortened Basic
(45-60 min)
* Shortened
Advanced (45-60
min)
45-120
minutes
An interactive game show where
students learn about the motions
of the Earth and their effects.
Students use clickers to participate
in the game show. Data from the
game show can be exported and
sent to teachers to use in planning
instruction. This lesson is tailored
to the needs of your students. The
Full version takes 120 minutes and
goes from the basics to the
advanced. The Shortened Basic
Version covers the basics or
rotation and revolution. The
Shortened Advanced version
touches on the basics, then moves
on to the advanced effects of
rotation and revolution.
6th Earth/Space
2.D.1,c,d
8th Earth/Space
2.D.1.b
2.D.2.a,b
Other Programs Available
Many of these programs may be more suited to middle/high school viewing.
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
“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
“In Search of New
Worlds”
30-60 minutes
“Destination Pluto”
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”!
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.
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
“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
*NEW* “Hotter Than
Blue”
45-60 minutes
30-60 minutes
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.
Nebulae, 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?
Written by and featuring NASA scientists, Hotter
Than Blue traces the field of high energy
astronomy from the early days of satellites
designed to detect nuclear testing on Earth
through next year’s launch of the latest in gamma
ray burst detectors. Narrated by Nichelle Nichols.