Russell Planetarium Programs
Grade
Program
Description
1 Don't Duck, Look Up! In this program Dudley the Duck presents the idea of change. Students learn about changes in the day and night sky, the weather, and discover how to make pictures from stars.
2 Sky Tellers Told from the point of view of both a Native American story teller and a modern scientist, students learn the reason for night and day.
3 Rusty Rocket It is about time for Rusty the Rocket to retire from teaching, but he decides to take his final class of rookies on one more tour of the solar system.
4 Garfield and the Seasons Garfield the cat guides students on a tour of the seasons, using wit and humor to explain how the tilt of the earth produces each season.
5 Moonwatch One October a girl and her brother wonder about the moon’s phases. At the end of the program students explore for themselves with a hands-on demonstration.
6 Nine Planets and Counting Brand new this year, this program introduces students to current information about our solar system as recent unmanned space probes return new data and exciting images.
8 Hubble Vision The most exciting images from the Hubble Space Telescope are woven into an engaging story of cosmic exploration- from nearby objects in the solar system, to the most distant galaxies at the limits of the observable universe.
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