Margaret Zeidler Theatre
Full-Dome shows presented by:
Full-Dome Digital Technology is now available in the Margaret Zeidler Theatre – featuring all new shows that explore our world and beyond in a unique, fun, and immersive way.
Customize Your Show Choose any Margaret Zeidler Theatre show for your class to view during the 10:00 a.m. time slot on Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday.
This time slot will be booked on a first come, first served bases, and requires 20 or more students in attendance. Classes from different schools may be booked to attend this program along side your class.
Length - Approx 45 minutes
Group Size - Max 125 people unless otherwise indicated
Fee - Program Fees
Available - MZT Schedule
Minimum 1 supervisor for every 5 students required for Grades K-3 and 1 supervisor for every 10 students for Grades 4-12.
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Experience the Aurora
Description
Immerse yourself in the stunning beauty of Aurora Borealis by watching our newest full dome adventure, Experience the Aurora.
Over seven months in the Arctic Circle, a photography crew captured time-lapse images of the Aurora Borealis with high resolution digital SLR cameras outfitted with fisheye lenses. The results are spectacular. For the first time the aurora has been captured as it was meant to be experienced, as a display that covers the entire sky. This immersive show shares the science behind the aurora and tells the story of a team’s quest to find and photograph the aurora for wraparound display in full dome theatres.
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Best Curriculum Fit
Grade 4 Unit D: Light and Shadows Grade 6 Topic C: Sky Science Grade 8 Unit C: Light and Optical Systems Grade 9 Unit E: Space Exploration -
Molecularium - Riding Snowflakes
Description
Riding Snowflakes, the award-winning Digital-Dome experience, is a science lesson, a thrill-ride, and a magical musical adventure in a world of atoms and molecules. Aboard the Molecularium, audiences join a cast of atomic characters on an immersive and unforgettable adventure into the nanoscale universe. Explore billions and trillions of atoms and molecules with Oxy, a precocious oxygen atom, and Hydro and Hydra, her wacky hydrogen pals. Ride from the atomic structure of a snowflake to the far reaches of space aboard the Molecularium, the most fantastic ship in the Universe.
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Best Curriculum Fit
Grade K-3 General Science Grade 2 Topic A: Exploring Liquids -
One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure
Description
One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure is an original planetarium show based on the popular children's show Sesame Street. Big Bird, Elmo and their friend from China, Hu Hu Zhu, take viewers on a journey of discovery to learn about the Big Dipper, the North Star, the Sun and the Moon. A perfect adventure for the whole family.
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Best Curriculum Fit
Grade 6 Topic C: Sky Science Grade 8 Social Studies: Worldviews in Conflict Grade 9 Unit E: Space Exploration -
Secret of the Cardboard Rocket
Description
Climb aboard a magical cardboard rocket with two young adventurers and experience a breathtaking look at each of our solar system's planets with guidance from the "Astronomy Book".
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Best Curriculum Fit
Grade K-3 Space Theme -
Tales of the Maya Skies
Description
Grammy Award winner and Oscar nominee, Lila Downs, narrates, as Tales of the Maya Skies brings us back to the ancient jungles of Mexico, where the Maya built cities and temples aligned to movements of the Sun, Moon and planets. Over many years they observed and documented astronomical events with great accuracy. The Maya made sense of an ever-changing world by observing, recording and predicting natural events such as solstices, solar eclipses, weather patterns, and planetary movements. These observations, in combination with a sophisticated mathematical system, allowed them to develop a precise calendar system; their measurements of the length of the solar year were more accurate than measurements the Europeans used as the basis of the Gregorian calendar. The Maya also predicted eclipses, were able to forecast seasonal change and developed the concept of mathematical zero, enabling them to predict events into the future.
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Best Curriculum Fit
Grade 6 Topic C: Sky Science Grade 8 Social Studies: Worldviews in Conflict Grade 9 Unit E: Space Exploration