Space Phenomena
A 45-minute planetarium show explaining space wonders for Secondary Cycle One
Book NowAn immersive journey exploring the beauty of space
Adapted for Secondary Cycle One, students will learn what causes meteor showers, aurora borealis, eclipses, and more.
All in a 360° immersive planetarium experience that students absolutely love.
Show Outline
- students enter the dome and see a daytime sky
- the Earth rotates, the Sun sets, and the stars begin to appear
- students will see the stars appear and we'll learn about constellations
- display meteors passing flying over the night sky
- go up into space to see the Earth
- learn why the tilt of the Earth causes seasons
- learn why comet trail debris causes meteor showers
- show Aurora Borealis and how this is caused by the Sun and the Earth's magnetic field
- show how lunar eclipses and solar eclipses occur
- zoom out to show the scale of the Solar System, the Milky Way, and nearby galaxies
- return back home to Earth
- students exit the dome
Curriculum Connections
Every Plateau Astro planetarium show is designed to connect with Québec's school curriculum.
Science and Technology
Earth and Space
C. Astronomical phenomena
- 1. Concepts related to astronomy
- a. Universal Gravitation
- i. Defines gravitation as a force of mutual attraction between bodies
- c. Light
- i. Defines light as a form of radiant energy
- ii . Describes properties of light (propagation in a straight line, diffuse reflection by surfaces)
- iii. Explains different phenomena using the properties of light (cycles of day and night, seasons, phases of the Moon, eclipses)
- a. Universal Gravitation
- 2. Solar system
- a. Characteristics of the solar system
- i. Compares some of the characteristics of the planets in our solar system (e.g. distances, relative size, composition)
- b. Cycles of day and night
- i. Explains the alternation of day and night in terms of the Earth's rotation
- c. Phases of the Moon
- i. Explains the phases of the lunar cycle
- d. Eclipses
- i. Explains a lunar or solar eclipse
- d. Seasons
- i. Explains the phenomenon of seasons in terms of the position of the Earth with respect to the Sun (tilt, revolution)
- f. Comets
- i. Describes the main parts of a comet (core of ice and rock, tail of gas, and tail of dust)
- G. Aurora borealis (northern lights)
- i. Locates the geographic regions where the aurora borealis occurs (polar regions)
- ii. Identifies the atmospheric layer in which the aurora borealis occurs
- a. Characteristics of the solar system
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