IMAX Shows

IMAX films deliver a high impact educational experience. Choose from a broad selection of films, all screened on our giant 4-storey IMAX screen.Through the magic of IMAX your students will see into the eye of a storm, learn about the living habitat of beavers and underwater life, experience some exotic and far away places and much more.

IMAX Feature Fridays!

Back for the 2009/2010 school year are IMAX Feature Fridays giving you and your class an opportunity to access first-run IMAX films. Call 780-451-3344 for film times on Fridays.

Group Size Max 274 students
Fee 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


India - Kingdom of the Tiger

Journey across India, a breathtaking land shaped by a myriad of cultures, customs and traditions. Inspired by the writings and experiences of Jim Corbett, who pioneered Indian wildlife conservation, India - Kingdom of the Tiger is a glorious tribute to this magnificent land and its greatest ambassador - the mighty Bengal Tiger.

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Grade 3
All Grades
Social Studies
Language Arts
Length 42 minutes

Journey To Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta

“It is a unique film … meets so many curriculum standards, from history and world religion, to science and geography … with a very important and timely message about the need for mutual understanding and respect between cultures. I highly recommend this film to teachers for their classrooms.” - Jane Allin, Vice Principal, Ontario

Journey to Mecca tells the story of Ibn Battua, a great explorer in the 14th century whose journey from Morocco to Mecca created one of the greatest travel journals ever recorded. You’ll also discover the modern Hajj as three million Muslims from all over the world still undertake the pilgrimage to Mecca.
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Grade K-12
Grade 3
Grade 8
Grade 10
High School
Global Connections
Global Citizenship
Historical Worldviews Examined
Globalization
World Religions
Length 40 minutes Download Teacher Resource Guide


Beavers

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.

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Grade 1

Grade 3
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
Topic B: Seasonal Changes
Topic E: Needs of Animals & Plants
Topic E: Animal Life Cycles
Unit A: Interactions & Ecosystems
Unit E: Freshwater & Saltwater Systems
Unit A: Biological Diversity
Length 35 minutes Download Teacher Resource Guide

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BUGS! A Rainforest Adventure

Take a journey to the rainforest where the life cycles of a single caterpillar and a praying mantis are set against a backdrop of neighbouring insects. Interactions between species and the adaptations of each insect are shown with excellent close-up photography.

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Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 9

Topic E: Needs of Animals & Plants
Topic E: Small Crawling & Flying Animals
Topic E: Animal Life Cycles
Topic E: Trees & Forests
Unit A: Interactions & Ecosystems
Unit A: Biological Diversity
Length 40 minutes Download Teacher Resource Guide

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Dinosaurs Alive!

Dinosaurs Alive! features the earliest dinosaurs of the Triassic Period to the monsters of the Cretaceous, recreated life-sized for the giant IMAX screen. Students will journey with some of the world’s preeminent paleontologists as they uncover evidence that descendents of dinosaurs still walk (or fly) among us.

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Grade 1
Grade 3

Topic E: Needs of Animals & Plants
Topic E: Animal Life Cycles
Length 45 minutes Download Teacher Resource Guide

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Amazon

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.

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
Science 14

Biology 20

Biology 20
Science 20

Topic E: Animal Life Cycles
Topic E: Plant Growth & Changes
Topic E: Wetland Ecosystem
Topic E: Trees & Forests
Unit A: Interactions & Ecosystems
Unit E: Freshwater & Saltwater Systems
Unit A: Biological Diversity
Unit D: Investigating Matter &
Energy in the Environment
Unit A: Energy & Matter
Exchange in the Biosphere
Unit B: Ecosystems & Population Change
Unit D: Changes in Living Systems
Length 40 minutes  

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Coral Reef Adventure

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.

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Grade 8
Grade 9

Biology 20


Biology 30

Topic E: Animal Life Cycles
Topic A: Waste & Our World
Unit A: Interactions & Ecosystems
Unit E: Planet Earth
Unit E: Freshwater & Saltwater Systems
Unit A: Biological Diversity
Unit C: Environmental Chemistry
Unit A: Energy & Matter Exchange
in the Biosphere
Unit B: Ecosystems & Population Change
Unit D: Populations & Community Dynamics
Length 45 minutes Download Teacher Resource Guide

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Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk

Students will join a team of explorers on an exhilarating Colorado River whitewater adventure through the Grand Canyon as they seek important answers about water conservation and drought. Explore global water issues to discover how rivers are interconnected. Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk is a riveting cinematic celebration of water, and what each of us can do to make a difference.

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Grade 5
Grade 7
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
Science 10

Topic E: Wetland Ecosystems
Unit A: Interactions & Ecosystems
Unit E: Planet Earth
Unit E: Fresh and Saltwater Systems
Unit A: Biological Diversity
Unit D: Energy Flow in Global Systems
Length 40 minutes Download Teacher Resource Guide

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Greece: Secrets of the Past

Follow a team of archaeologists as they piece together the puzzles of ancient history. Sail across the breathtaking Greek Isles, from the rumbling volcano Torini to the haunting ruins of the Parthenon in Athens. Today’s state-of-the-art technology will transport you back in time to the dawn of democracy and the birthplace of Western Civilization in a new adventure of discovery.

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Grade 6
All Grades
All Grades

Social Studies
Language Arts
Leadership Programs
Length 40 minutes Download Teacher Resource Guide

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The Human Body

Using extraordinary photographic methods, catch a glimpse of a red blood cell, growing hair, a human egg finding a home in a fallopian tube, and the inside of the ear as it dances to music. The majority of the body’s main systems are covered in a way that will amaze you!

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Grade 3
Grade 8
Grade 9
Science 10
Biology 20
Biology 30
Biology 30

Topic D: Hearing & Sound
Unit B: Cells & Systems
Unit A: Biological Diversity
Unit C: Cycling of Matter in Living Systems
Unit D: Human Systems
Unit A: Nervous & Endocrine Systems
Unit B: Reproduction & Development
Length 45 minutes Download Teacher Resource Guide

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Hurricane on the Bayou

Hurricane on the Bayou takes viewers on a breathtaking tour of one of the most vibrant places in America, the Louisiana bayou and the city of New Orleans, a place overflowing with life, music, and bountiful coastal wetlands. Tragically, these wetlands are eroding into the sea. Hurricane on the Bayou offers an emotional portrayal of this environmental calamity and the staggering effects of one of the most devastating natural disasters in American history, Hurricane Katrina.

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Grade 5

Grade 7
Grade 8
Science 10
Biology 20

Biology 30

Topic D: Weather Watch
Topic E: Wetland Ecosystem
Unit E: Planet Earth
Unit E: Freshwater & Saltwater Systems
Unit D: Energy Flow in Global Systems
Unit A: Energy & Matter Exchange
in the Biosphere
Unit D: Population & Community Dynamics

Length 43 minutes Download Teacher Resource Guide

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Mystic India

Experience India’s intricate architecture, colourful festivals, traditional rituals, fascinating people, and landscapes. India is a land of ancient civilizations, and Mystic India takes us on a journey through India’s culture and history by following the incredible journeys of a boy named Neelkanth. His journey takes us from the Himalayas to the nation’s scorching deserts and tropical rainforests. You will witness the sheer beauty of India as well as the incredible achievements of its people.

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Grade 3
All Grades
All Grades

Social Studies
Language Arts
All Grades Leadership Programs
Length 40 minutes Download Teacher Resource Guide

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Space Station

The International Space Station (ISS) is currently under construction. It is the single largest collaborative effort ever undertaken among nations. Canada has a central role to play in this project. Join the international crew as they blast off to carry Space Station components up into orbit. Watch the Canadarm being used in a variety of tasks. Includes appearances by Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Chris Hadfield on Mission STS 100, ISS Assembly Flight 6A.

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Grade 4-6
Grade 6
Grade 9
Junior High General:

Problem Solving through Technology
Topic C: Sky Science
Unit E: Space Exploration
Connections between Science, Technology & Society
Length 47 minutes Download Teacher Resource Guide

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Whales

Whales immerses audiences in an underwater world where muted light and colour is dominated by sound. Follow blue, humpback, orca, right whales, and dolphins in their ancient migratory journeys and discover how their amazing ability to hear and send calls over thousands of miles influences and guides their feeding, breeding, navigation, and socialization.

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Grade 3
Grade 3
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
Biology 20
Biology 30

Topic D: Hearing & Sound
Topic E: Animal Life Cycles
Unit A: Interactions & Ecosystems
Unit E: Fresh & Salt Water Systems
Unit A: Biological Diversity
Unit B: Ecosystems & Population Change
Unit D: Population & Community Dynamics
Length 40 minutes

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Wild Ocean- Available only until March 18

Wild Ocean in IMAX captures one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles. Have your students plunge into an underwater feeding frenzy, amidst dolphins, sharks, whales, gannets, seals, and billions of fish, in one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles. Filmed off the Wild Coast of South Africa, Wild Ocean is a film that celebrates the animals that now depend on us to survive and the efforts by the local people to protect this invaluable ecological resource.

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Grade 3
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
Biology 20
Biology 30

Topic E: Animal Life Cycles
Unit A: Interactions & Ecosystems
Unit E: Fresh & Salt Water Systems
Unit A: Biological Diversity
Unit B: Ecosystems & Population Change
Unit D: Population & Community Dynamics
Length 40 minutes

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