Planetarium Shows for Education
Below is a list of the planetarium shows we currently offer for field trips with recommended grade levels included. Contact Ashleigh to schedule your group!
Ashleigh Kelly, Education Curator
(229) 639-2650 or akelly@flintriverquarium.com
Molecularium
25 minutes — Best suited Grades Pre-K-2nd
Welcome to Molecularium: a magical, musical adventure into the world of molecules! This show is an exciting new animation created to spark interest in the atoms and molecules that constitute our world. You’ll be following a cast of characters, based on atoms, as they move throughout the universe from the perspective of a magical ship, also called the Molecularium. The ship can view matter on both the human and molecular levels.
Earth, Moon & Sun
34 minutes — Best suited for Grades 3rd-6th
This planetarium show explores the relationship between the Earth, Moon and Sun with the help of Coyote, an amusing character adapted from Native American oral traditions who has many misconceptions about our home planet and its most familiar neighbors. His confusion about the universe makes viewers think about how the Earth, Moon and Sun work together as a system. Native American stories are used throughout the show to help distinguish between myths and science.
Astronomyths
24 minutes — Best suited for Grades 3rd-Adult
Astronomyths blends modern astronomy with ancient Greek mythology. The show travels the audience through a series of constellations as seen from earth and the respective mythological stories after which they were named. This is a great show for audiences of all ages, presenting rich educational content in a highly entertaining way.
Two Small Pieces of Glass
24 minutes — Best suited for Grades 3rd-Adult
This show was produced to engage and appeal to audiences of all ages. The film traces the history of the telescope from Galileo's modifications to a child's spyglass — using two small pieces of glass — to the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the future of astronomy. It explores the wonder and discovery made by astronomers throughout the last 400 years, including the Galilean Moons, Saturn's rings, and spiral structure of galaxies.
Oasis in Space
24 minutes — Best suited for Grades 3rd-Adult
Embark on a startling and beautiful voyage through our universe, galaxy and solar system in search of liquid water, a key ingredient for life on Earth.
Black Holes
37 minutes — Best suited for Grades 6th-Adult
Black Holes takes you on a fully immersive journey through one of the most mystifying, awe-inspiring phenomena in the universe: a black hole. Where do they come from? Where do they go? How do we find them? Is there one on Earth’s horizon? What was Einstein’s connection to them?
From Earth to Universe
30 minutes — Best suited for Grades 6th-Adult
This stunning, 30-minute voyage through space and time conveys, through sparkling sights and sounds, the Universe revealed to us by science. Viewers can revel in the splendor of the worlds in the Solar System and our scorching Sun. From Earth to the Universe takes the audience out to the colorful birthplaces and burial grounds of stars, and still further out beyond the Milky Way to the unimaginable immensity of a myriad galaxies. Along the way, the audience will learn about the history of astronomy, the invention of the telescope, and today’s giant telescopes that allow us to probe ever deeper into the Universe.
Fractal Explorations
35 minutes — Best suited for Grades 9th-Adult
This show is an introduction to fractal geometry and fractals in nature. Fractals are a relatively new branch of mathematics that blossomed after the appearance of computers. Far from being an obscure branch of mathematics, fractals demonstrate how very complex structures can be built using simple rules repeatedly applied. Mountains, coastlines, trees, and clouds all have fractal characteristics. Due to their beautiful, symmetrical nature, fractals have also been described as a crossroads between science and art.
