Merrillville Community Planetarium
Bringing the Universe to the Merrillville Schools and Northwest Indiana

Constellations/Night Sky

Humanities & the Stars: Greeks

Length (minutes):
60
Age Category:
8th grade and up
Teacher Guide:
No
Synopsis:
The stars, planets, and universe as portrayed in Greek mythology

Learning About Stars

Length (minutes):
60
Age Category:
6th grade and up
Teacher Guide:
No
Synopsis:
The winter sky; brightness, color, composition, and how stars evolve

Van Gogh Sees the Stars

Length (minutes):
60
Age Category:
7th grade and up
Teacher Guide:
No
Synopsis:
The life & art of Vincent Van Gogh; how Van Gogh was influenced by the sky

Galaxies and the Universe

Length (minutes):
60
Age Category:
6th grade and up
Teacher Guide:
No
Synopsis:
The fall sky; the Milky Way & Andromeda Galaxies; types of galaxies

Exploring Our Universe

Length (minutes):
60
Age Category:
6th grade and up
Teacher Guide:
No
Synopsis:
How humans' view of the universe has changed throughout the history

More Than Meets the Eye

Length (minutes):
60
Age Category:
6th grade and up
Teacher Guide:
No
Synopsis:
Backyard astronomy: objects visible with eyes, binoculars, telescopes

Life and Death of Stars, The

Length (minutes):
60
Age Category:
6th grade and up
Teacher Guide:
No
Synopsis:
The evolution of stars as traced in the constellations of winter

Exploring the Sky

Length (minutes):
60
Age Category:
K to 2nd grade
Teacher Guide:
No
Synopsis:
Stars, planets, moon, constellations; earns badge for young scouts

Sun and Earth, The

Length (minutes):
55
Age Category:
K to 2nd grade
Teacher Guide:
Yes
Synopsis:
Stars; Earth orbits the sun; cause of day and night, seasons

Current Sky and Solar System

Length (minutes):
60
Age Category:
3rd to 5th grade
Teacher Guide:
Yes
Synopsis:
Constellations; sky motion; a trip to the North Pole; tour of the planets
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