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

Flight/Space Exploration

Wilbear's Adventure

Length (minutes):
50
Age Category:
K to 2nd grade
Teacher Guide:
No
Synopsis:
Wilbear is a teddy bear who learns about the history & science of flight

RingWorld

Length (minutes):
60
Age Category:
6th grade and up
Teacher Guide:
No
Synopsis:
Written to coincide with the arrival of the Cassini probe at the Saturn System.

Wright Way to Fly, The

Length (minutes):
60
Age Category:
5th and 6th grade
Teacher Guide:
No
Synopsis:
The history of human flight from Icarus to the Wright Brothers.

Mercury: America's First Men in Space

Length (minutes):
60
Age Category:
7th grade and up
Teacher Guide:
No
Synopsis:
Early space race with the Soviet Union; flights of Shepard & Glenn

Inner Solar System, The

Length (minutes):
60
Age Category:
5th and 6th grade
Teacher Guide:
No
Synopsis:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and the asteroid belt

Outer Solar System, The

Length (minutes):
60
Age Category:
5th and 6th grade
Teacher Guide:
No
Synopsis:
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and comets

Man and the Moon, Part 1

Length (minutes):
60
Age Category:
5th and 6th grade
Teacher Guide:
Yes
Synopsis:
Information learned about the moon prior to spaceflight

All Systems Go!

Length (minutes):
60
Age Category:
6th grade and up
Teacher Guide:
No
Synopsis:
The history & future of NASA and American space exploration

Comet: From Ice to Fire

Length (minutes):
60
Age Category:
6th grade and up
Teacher Guide:
No
Synopsis:
Comets in history; the nature and study of comets; recent comets

Magellan: Report from Venus

Length (minutes):
60
Age Category:
8th grade and up
Teacher Guide:
No
Synopsis:
Results from the Magellan probe which used radar to map Venus
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