Feature Shows
Approximate Length: 60 minutes
Back to the Moon for Good
Age Level: Grades 6 to 8
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences
Explore what we know about the Moon and meet some of the teams competing to land a robotic spacecraft on its surface to win the Google Lunar Xprize.
Narrated by Tim Allen
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Education Guide - Back to the Moon for Good
This downloadable educator guide is provided by the Sudekum Planetarium at the Adventure Science Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Over the next few months, the staff of the Cernan Center will begin updating and customizing these resources for Illinois residents. If you should find faulty internet links or have suggestions, please address your comments to cernan@triton.edu.
Cosmic Colors: An Adventure Along the Spectrum
Age Level: Grades 4 & Up
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences
Discover why the sky is blue, Mars is red and why things appear the colors they do.
Then step into the invisible universe to investigate the electromagnetic energy all around us from the infrared light of a roaring fire to the x-rays emitted by a black hole.
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Teacher's Guide - Comic Colors
This downloadable teachers’ guide for is provided by the Great Plains Planetarium Association. Over the next few months, the staff of the Cernan Center will begin updating and customizing these resources for Illinois residents. If you should find faulty internet links or have suggestions, please address your comments to cernan@triton.edu.
Dawn of the Space Age
Age Level: Grades 4 & Up
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences, Physical Science, Social Studies
From Sputnik to the Space Shuttle and beyond, join the excitement of exploring the final frontier as we prepare for closer international cooperation and the dawn of commercial spaceflight.
Dinosaurs at Dusk: The Origins of Flight
Age Level: Grades 4 & Up
Area of Study: Earth Science and Life Cycles
Dinosaurs at Dusk is a whirlwind adventure back in time to explore the Earth when it was teeming with Pterosaurs and other feathered dinosaurs, the ancestors of modern-day birds.
Join Lucy and her father as they fly through the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous eras, soaring above cliffs and canyons; all the while chasing, and sometimes running away from, a wide variety of dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs at Dusk is suitable for flight fans and dinosaur devotees of all ages, meaning children are welcome to attend.
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Forces of Nature
Age Level: Grades 5 & Up *
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences
Experience the intensity of erupting volcanoes, devastating earthquakes and powerful storms as scientists try to understand and predict these dangerous natural events.
* This program may be too intense for some viewers.
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Education Guide - Forces of Nature
This downloadable educator guide is provided by the Sudekum Planetarium at the Adventure Science Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Over the next few months, the staff of the Cernan Center will begin updating and customizing these resources for Illinois residents. If you should find faulty internet links or have suggestions, please address your comments to cernan@triton.edu.
From Earth to the Universe
Age Level: Grades 6 & Up
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences
Take a journey of celestial discovery from the theories of ancient Greek astronomers to today’s most powerful telescopes, as humanity strives to grasp our place within this vast cosmos.
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Habitat Earth: Living in a Connected World
Age Level: Grades 3 & Up
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences and Life Cycles
Dive below the ocean’s surface, travel beneath the forest floor and journey to new heights to witness the intricate intersection between human and ecological networks.
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Nine (Eight) Planets and Counting...
Age Level: Grades 4 to 6
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences
How many planets are there in our Solar System?
Take a tour to explore the variety of objects that orbit our Sun.
And just what is a planet, anyway?
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Education Guide - Nine Planets and Counting
This downloadable educator guide is provided by the Sudekum Planetarium at the Adventure Science Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Over the next few months, the staff of the Cernan Center will begin updating and customizing these resources for Illinois residents. If you should find faulty internet links or have suggestions, please address your comments to cernan@triton.edu.
One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure
Age Level: Pre-K to Grade 1
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences
Join Big Bird, Elmo and Hu Hu Zhu, their friend from China, as they learn about the Big Dipper, the North Star and the Moon.
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Teacher's Guide - One World, One Sky
This downloadable teacher's guide is provided by the Sudekum Planetarium at the Adventure Science Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Over the next few months, the staff of the Cernan Center will begin updating and customizing these resources for Illinois residents. If you should find faulty internet links or have suggestions, please address your comments to cernan@triton.edu.
Our Place in Space
Age Level: Grades 1 to 3 *
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences
Discover the cause of day and night, learn about the Sun, the Earth, our Solar System and the stars while solving a crossword puzzle about the sky.
* Second semester third graders often prefer Rusty Rocket's Last Blast.
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Education Guide - Our Place in Space
This downloadable educator guide is provided by the Sudekum Planetarium at the Adventure Science Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Over the next few months, the staff of the Cernan Center will begin updating and customizing these resources for Illinois residents. If you should find faulty internet links or have suggestions, please address your comments to cernan@triton.edu.
Reasons for the Seasons
Age Level: Grades to 6
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences
Come and explore the reasons we have seasons on Earth.
The planetarium offers a unique perspective that allows students to see the big picture in a way easily demonstrated in a classroom.
Rusty Rocket's Last Blast
Age Level: Grades 1 to 4
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences, Physical Science
Join Rusty Rocket as he leads a class of rookies on their first tour of the solar system to explain basic rocket science and the great distances between the planets.
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Education Guide - Rusty Rocket's Last Blast
This downloadable educator guide is provided by the Sudekum Planetarium at the Adventure Science Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Over the next few months, the staff of the Cernan Center will begin updating and customizing these resources for Illinois residents. If you should find faulty internet links or have suggestions, please address your comments to cernan@triton.edu.
Seeing: A Photon's Journey Across Space, Time and Mind
Age Level: Grades 3 & Up
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences
Follow a photon of light across the galaxy and into the eye of a young stargazer.
Once inside the eye, the audience will explore how the human eye works before taking a ride on the optic nerve. Images of people, wildlife, landscapes, and outer space from around the globe tell the story of the photon's journey before we ‘see’ the image ourselves.
Narrated by Neil Tyson
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Sky Tonight
Age Level: All Ages
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences
This live interactive program starts with a tour of the current night sky, but where we go next is up to you.
Explore the planets, delve into ancient Greek myths or travel across the universe. We'll go wherever the questions take us.
Space Aliens: Looking for Life in the Universe
Age Level: Grades 4 & Up
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences
Join our alien “experts” – Hopeful and Skeptical – as they try to convince each other whether or not life exists beyond the Earth.
Follow their astrobiology arguments from the ocean floor to a journey across the galaxy!
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Stars of the Pharaohs
Age Level: Grades 5 & Up
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences, Social Studies
Discover how ancient Egyptians studied the skies to tell time, create calendars and align gigantic monuments.\
Explore the connections they felt with the stars and other astronomical phenomena.
Narrated by John Rhys-Davies
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Education Guide - Stars of the Pharaohs
This downloadable educator guide is provided by the Sudekum Planetarium at the Adventure Science Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Over the next few months, the staff of the Cernan Center will begin updating and customizing these resources for Illinois residents. If you should find faulty internet links or have suggestions, please address your comments to cernan@triton.edu.
STARS: The Powerhouses of the Universe
Age Level: Grades 5 to 8
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences
Witness the explosive end of massive stars and the dramatic formation of others.
Use the electromagnetic spectrum to see how stars create and release the energy that powers the universe.
Narrated by Mark Hamill
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Education Guide - STARS: The Powerhouses of the Universe
This downloadable educator guide is provided by the Sudekum Planetarium at the Adventure Science Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Over the next few months, the staff of the Cernan Center will begin updating and customizing these resources for Illinois residents. If you should find faulty internet links or have suggestions, please address your comments to cernan@triton.edu.
SUN: Our Living Star
Age Level: All Ages
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences
Hear the story of our nearest star—our planet’s powerhouse, the source of energy that drives Earth’s winds and weather and the ball of light that allows the very existence of life.
Totality: Explore the Wonder of Eclipses
Age Level: All Ages
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences
Totality is totally about eclipses – from lunar to total solar. Examine how and why eclipses occur and what happens when they do.
Explore how a total solar eclipse in the past proved general relativity and when, where and how to safely observe an eclipse.
Discover the unique human experience of standing in the shadow of the Moon.
Two Small Pieces of Glass: The Amazing Telescope
Age Level: Grades 4 & Up
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences
More than 400 years ago, Galileo was the first person to use a simple telescope to explore the night sky.
Trace the history of the telescope from Galileo's stunning discoveries to the modern day and take a brief tour of tonight's evening sky.
Universe
Age Level: Grades 8 & Up
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences
Beginning with the Big Bang, travel through time and observe the formation and evolution of stars, planets and galaxies.
Ask questions and discuss the foundation of modern cosmology in this live and adaptable presentation.
Wonderful Sky
Age Level: Pre-K to Grade 1
Area of Study: Earth and Space Sciences
This live, participatory program allows your youngest students to explore the daytime and nighttime skies in the unique, multi-sensory environment of the planetarium.
Education Guide - Wonderful Sky
This downloadable educator guide is provided by the Sudekum Planetarium at the Adventure Science Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Over the next few months, the staff of the Cernan Center will begin updating and customizing these resources for Illinois residents. If you should find faulty internet links or have suggestions, please address your comments to cernan@triton.edu.