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IMAX Feature Fridays!

IMAX Feature Fridays are back for the 2011-2012 school year, giving you and your class an opportunity to access first-run IMAX films.

Call 780-451-3344 for film times on Fridays. PLUS: New this year - customize your IMAX film - choose any film for your class to view during the 12 noon slot on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.

This time slot will be booked on a first come, first served basis and requires more than 20 students in attendance.

Classes from different schools may be booked to attend this program alongside your class.

  • Group Size Max 274 students
  • Program Fees
  • Available IMAX Schedule Minimum 1 supervisor for every 5 students required for (Grades K-3 and 1 supervisor for every 10 students for Grades 4-12).

All IMAX films are rated G unless otherwise indicated.

  • Amazon in IMAX

    Availability: As Teacher's Choice

    Description

    Take a journey down the mightiest river on the planet, home to more than 5000 different species of fish and hundreds of thousands of different species of plant life. Join tribal shaman, Mamani, and American ethnobotanist, Dr. Mark Plotkin, on their search for the medicinal qualities of native plants. Here, Western medical science meets the myth and magic of Indian shamanism, a very real collaboration that can bring cures to diseases not yet conquered.

    Details

    Best Curriculum Fit
    Grade 3 Topic E: Animal Life Cycles
    Grade 4 Topic E: Plant Growth & Changes
    Grade 5 Topic E: Wetland Ecosystem
    Grade 6 Topic E: Trees & Forests
    Grade 7 Unit A: Interactions & Ecosystems
    Grade 8 Unit E: Freshwater & Saltwater Systems
    Grade 9 Unit A: Biological Diversity
    Science 14 Unit D: Investigating Matter &
    Energy in the Environment
    Biology 20 Unit A: Energy & Matter
    Exchange in the Biosphere
    Unit B: Ecosystems & Population Change
    Science 20 Unit D: Changes in Living Systems
    Length: 40 minutes
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  • Beavers in IMAX

    Availability: As Teacher's Choice

    Description

    Filmed on location in Kananaskis Country, this film portrays the life of a beaver colony as they build a dam, raise a family, and transform the world around them.

    Details

    Best Curriculum Fit
    Pre-K General Science
    Grade 1 Topic B: Seasonal Changes
    Topic E: Needs of Animals & Plants
    Grade 3 Topic E: Animal Life Cycles
    Grade 7 Unit A: Interactions & Ecosystems
    Grade 8 Unit E: Freshwater & Saltwater Systems
    Grade 9 Unit A: Biological Diversity
    Length: 35 minutes
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  • Born to be Wild in IMAX

    Description

    Born to be Wild is an inspiring story of love, dedication and the remarkable bond between humans and animals. This film documents orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them - saving endangered species one life at a time. Stunningly captured in IMAX, Born to be Wild is a heartwarming adventure transporting moviegoers into the lush rainforests of Borneo with world-renowned primatologist Dr. Birute Mary Galdikas, and across the rugged Kenyan savannah with celebrated elephant authority Dame Daphne Sheldrick, as they and their teams rescue, rehabilitate and return these incredible animals back to the wild.

    Narrated by Academy-Award® winner Morgan Freeman, Born to be Wild is directed by David Lickley and written and produced by Drew Fellman. This Warner Bros. film is produced by IMAX Filmed Entertainment and distributed by IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures.

    Details

    Best Curriculum Fit
    Grade 1 Topic E: Needs of Animals
    Grade 3 Topic E: Animal Life Cycles
    Grade 7 Unit A: Interactions & Ecosystems
    Grade K-12 Nature of Science
    Length: 40 minutes
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  • BUGS! A Rainforest Adventure

    Description

    Take a journey to the rainforest where you have a bug's eye view of a caterpillar and a praying mantis, along with many other creepy crawlies. Your students will be amazed by this giant bug experience, looking at the different insect species and how they interact. DVS® & RWC® available.

    Details

    Best Curriculum Fit
    Grade 1 Topic E: Needs of Animals & Plants
    Grade 2 Topic E: Small Crawling & Flying Animals
    Grade 3 Topic E: Animal Life Cycles
    Grade 6 Topic E: Trees & Forests
    Grade 7 Unit A: Interactions & Ecosystems
    Grade 9 Unit A: Biological Diversity
    Length: 40 minutes
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  • Coral Reef Adventure

    Description

    Coral Reef Adventure is a magnificent IMAX film that investigates the biology and ecology of coral animals and the animals and plants that interact with them. Since a coral reef is an entire living system, it provides unparalleled opportunities to discuss how changes in an ecosystem affect the living things that make it up. Coral reefs are threatened worldwide and this IMAX film shows our human impact on this precious ecosystem.  DVS® & RWC® available.

    Details

    Best Curriculum Fit
    Grade 3 - Topic E: Animal Life Cycles
    Grade 4 - Topic A: Waste & Our World
    Grade 7 - Unit A: Interactions & Ecosystems & Unit E: Planet Earth
    Grade 8 - Unit E: Freshwater & Saltwater Systems
    Grade 9 - Unit A: Biological Diversity & Unit C: Environmental Chemistry
    Biology 20 - Unit A: Energy & Matter Exchange in the Biosphere & Unit B: Ecosystems & Population Change
    Biology 30 - Unit D: Populations & Community Dynamics
    Length: 45 minutes
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