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Planetarium & giant screen shows for schools

Every show comes with an educator guide

Four science shows for school groups, from the solar system to exoplanets to the future of spaceflight. Each comes with a free educator guide of background science and hands-on classroom activities, so the visit connects to what students learn before and after.

Runtimes

22 to 38 minutes

Touch the Stars and Space Next also come in 26- and 25-minute cuts that fit a standard field-trip block.

Educator guides

Free with every show

Background science, discussion questions and classroom activities matched to each film. Download them below.

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Classroom companions

Interactive, browser-based activities that let students explore the worlds they saw on the dome, starting with A New Blue.

[ 01 ] The shows

Shows & educator guides

A New Blue poster

Dome nativeFlat screen version · 2D

A New Blue

Thousands of worlds circle other stars. A few might have oceans.

Audience
General audiences
Runtime
27 min
Topics
Exoplanets, Telescopes, Habitability, Earth science

Inside the educator guide

  • What exoplanets are and how we detect them
  • The habitable zone and what a planet needs to support life
  • Build a spectrometer
  • Communicate with spacecraft: soda-bottle and cardstock antennas
  • Origami starshade
Download the educator guide (PDF, 22 pages) ↓
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Touch the Stars poster

Giant screen native2D & 3D · Dome version

Touch the Stars

Ride along with the probes, orbiters and landers that showed us the solar system.

Audience
Ages 6+ and adults
Runtime
38 min, or a 26 min cut
Topics
Space probes, Voyager, Planets & moons, Engineering

Inside the educator guide

  • A timeline of solar system exploration
  • Ultraviolet light, with a hands-on UV activity
  • How spacecraft explore other worlds
Download the educator guide (PDF, 20 pages) ↓
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Space Next poster

Giant screen native2D & 3D · Dome version

Space Next

From the first dreams of flight to the private rockets and missions coming next.

Audience
General audiences & families
Runtime
38 min, or a 25 min cut
Topics
Spaceflight history, Private space, Mars, STEM careers

Inside the educator guide

  • Becoming an astronaut and living in space
  • Mining in space, with a meteorite-hunting activity
  • Going to Mars and NASA's travel plans
  • Next Generation Science Standards alignment
Download the educator guide (PDF, 24 pages) ↓
Show details & trailer →Request screener

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