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Planetarium - In My Backyard
In My Backyard
What can you see from your backyard? Join acclaimed family entertainer Fred Penner as he helps answer this question in an interactive program with three original songs (from his ninth album "What a Day"). This show begins with Fred greeting the audience and introducing his helper, Arnie the Arrow. Then it's off to explore things large and small in Fred's backyard -- from the colors of the rainbow to counting ladybugs on a rose. After looking at the reasons for the seasons, the stars begin to appear as Fred sings "We're Going to Shine." Arnie points out the Big Dipper -- but wait -- it's really a bear we're looking at!
Following a story about Callisto and Arcus, we snap our fingers to the beat of the planet poem, see some meteors whiz by, and sing along to "The Moon Song." The show ends with the song "In My Backyard" and Fred's goodbye to the audience. Children will enjoy story telling, poetry, and song as they learn about the seasons, constellations, planets, meteors and the Moon.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2024-ADPRBZ.
Friday, July 11, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Grossology & You
Show Descriptions:
https://www.usca.edu/rpsec/departments/planetarium/show-descriptions/.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2024-ADPRCB.
Friday, July 11, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Habitat Earth
Dive below the ocean's surface and travel beneath the forest floor to explore how living organisms are interconnected to support life forms both large and small. From the tiniest microbe to the tallest tree, Habitat Earth utilizes stunning images to show students how the biological world is carefully intersected with human and ecological networks.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBBWG.
Saturday, July 12, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Ancient Sky Lore
In this live show, the presenter points out constellations and stars while sharing enchanting tales involving heroes and maidens, herdsmen and a harp, and real and imaginary animals. Star stories from ancient cultures come to life on the planetarium dome!
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBBWJ.
Saturday, July 12, 2025, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon,
Join us as we present a visual artistry of imagery choreographed to this famous album that is featured in planetariums around the world.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBBWM.
Saturday, July 12, 2025, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - One World, One Sky
Big Bird's Adventure: One World, One Sky
Follow Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, from the Chinese co-production of Sesame Street. Together, they take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, where they discover how different it is from Earth.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2024-ADPRCC.
Friday, July 18, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Backyard Wilderness
Backyard Wilderness,
Backyard Wilderness will surprise and entertain viewers with the unexpected wonders of nature that are right under our noses - in our own backyards.
Spanning a seasonal year around a suburban home, the film displays a stunning array of unique wildlife images and behavior - all captured by cameras mounted inside dens and nests, and moving along the forest floor and pond bottom, to reveal its inhabitants in rare and breathtaking intimacy.
We follow Katie, a young girl, and her modern family living next to the woods who are blind to the real-life spectacle around them, absorbed by an array of electronic devices in their busy lives. Katie gradually discovers the intricate secrets that nature has hidden so close to her front door, and we experience the joy she finds in her interactions with this new world. The film reminds us that Wi-Fi is not the only connection that matters and that sometimes in ordinary places, you can uncover extraordinary things that can transform you forever…
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFAZFZ.
Friday, July 18, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Habitat Earth
Dive below the ocean's surface and travel beneath the forest floor to explore how living organisms are interconnected to support life forms both large and small. From the tiniest microbe to the tallest tree, Habitat Earth utilizes stunning images to show students how the biological world is carefully intersected with human and ecological networks.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBBWG.
Saturday, July 19, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Ancient Sky Lore
In this live show, the presenter points out constellations and stars while sharing enchanting tales involving heroes and maidens, herdsmen and a harp, and real and imaginary animals. Star stories from ancient cultures come to life on the planetarium dome!
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBBWJ.
Saturday, July 19, 2025, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon,
Join us as we present a visual artistry of imagery choreographed to this famous album that is featured in planetariums around the world.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBBWM.
Saturday, July 19, 2025, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Magic Treehouse
Magic Tree House: Space Mission
Travel with brother-sister duo, Jack and Annie, in their Magic Tree House as they discover a note that asks them to answer six questions about space. With the help of an astronomer, the Internet, an astronaut, books and the writer of the mysterious note, Jack and Annie go on a wondrous journey of adventure and learning. This beautifully produced show is based on the beloved Magic Tree House book series.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2024-ADPRCH.
Friday, July 25, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Defying Gravity
Defying Gravity
Join host Apollo Aurora and her science reporters as they explore the science behind rocket power, gravity on other planets, and even monstrous black holes! Robot experts Apple 1-6-8-6 and EGR-1 will also lend a few circuits to explain the force that keeps us humans all grounded. Well, some of the time!
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2024-ADPRCJ.
Friday, July 25, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Habitat Earth
Dive below the ocean's surface and travel beneath the forest floor to explore how living organisms are interconnected to support life forms both large and small. From the tiniest microbe to the tallest tree, Habitat Earth utilizes stunning images to show students how the biological world is carefully intersected with human and ecological networks.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBBWG.
Saturday, July 26, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Ancient Sky Lore
In this live show, the presenter points out constellations and stars while sharing enchanting tales involving heroes and maidens, herdsmen and a harp, and real and imaginary animals. Star stories from ancient cultures come to life on the planetarium dome!
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBBWJ.
Saturday, July 26, 2025, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon,
Join us as we present a visual artistry of imagery choreographed to this famous album that is featured in planetariums around the world.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBBWM.
Saturday, July 26, 2025, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - One World One Sky
Follow Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, from the Chinese co-production of Sesame Street. Together, they take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, where they discover how different it is from Earth.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBBZP.
Saturday, August 2, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Backyard Wilderness
Backyard Wilderness will surprise and entertain viewers with the unexpected wonders of nature that are right under our noses - in our own backyards.
Spanning a seasonal year around a suburban home, the film displays a stunning array of unique wildlife images and behavior - all captured by cameras mounted inside dens and nests, and moving along the forest floor and pond bottom, to reveal its inhabitants in rare and breathtaking intimacy.
We follow Katie, a young girl, and her modern family living next to the woods who are blind to the real-life spectacle around them, absorbed by an array of electronic devices in their busy lives. Katie gradually discovers the intricate secrets that nature has hidden so close to her front door, and we experience the joy she finds in her interactions with this new world. The film reminds us that Wi-Fi is not the only connection that matters and that sometimes in ordinary places, you can uncover extraordinary things that can transform you forever - you just need to…
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBBZQ.
Saturday, August 2, 2025, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Engineering the ISS
This interactive show describes how 15 nations worked together to create the International Space Station (ISS), a unique scientific laboratory and home in space. A rap and animations explain how weight, mass, gravity and speed are related, and why astronauts are weightless on the ISS even though there IS gravity in space. Benefits to humanity of the ISS are also discussed.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBCXQ.
Saturday, August 2, 2025, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - One World One Sky
Follow Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, from the Chinese co-production of Sesame Street. Together, they take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, where they discover how different it is from Earth.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBBZP.
Saturday, August 9, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Backyard Wilderness
Backyard Wilderness will surprise and entertain viewers with the unexpected wonders of nature that are right under our noses - in our own backyards.
Spanning a seasonal year around a suburban home, the film displays a stunning array of unique wildlife images and behavior - all captured by cameras mounted inside dens and nests, and moving along the forest floor and pond bottom, to reveal its inhabitants in rare and breathtaking intimacy.
We follow Katie, a young girl, and her modern family living next to the woods who are blind to the real-life spectacle around them, absorbed by an array of electronic devices in their busy lives. Katie gradually discovers the intricate secrets that nature has hidden so close to her front door, and we experience the joy she finds in her interactions with this new world. The film reminds us that Wi-Fi is not the only connection that matters and that sometimes in ordinary places, you can uncover extraordinary things that can transform you forever - you just need to…
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBBZQ.
Saturday, August 9, 2025, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Engineering the ISS
This interactive show describes how 15 nations worked together to create the International Space Station (ISS), a unique scientific laboratory and home in space. A rap and animations explain how weight, mass, gravity and speed are related, and why astronauts are weightless on the ISS even though there IS gravity in space. Benefits to humanity of the ISS are also discussed.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBCXQ.
Saturday, August 9, 2025, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - One World One Sky
Follow Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, from the Chinese co-production of Sesame Street. Together, they take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, where they discover how different it is from Earth.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBBZP.
Saturday, August 16, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Backyard Wilderness
Backyard Wilderness will surprise and entertain viewers with the unexpected wonders of nature that are right under our noses - in our own backyards.
Spanning a seasonal year around a suburban home, the film displays a stunning array of unique wildlife images and behavior - all captured by cameras mounted inside dens and nests, and moving along the forest floor and pond bottom, to reveal its inhabitants in rare and breathtaking intimacy.
We follow Katie, a young girl, and her modern family living next to the woods who are blind to the real-life spectacle around them, absorbed by an array of electronic devices in their busy lives. Katie gradually discovers the intricate secrets that nature has hidden so close to her front door, and we experience the joy she finds in her interactions with this new world. The film reminds us that Wi-Fi is not the only connection that matters and that sometimes in ordinary places, you can uncover extraordinary things that can transform you forever - you just need to…
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBBZQ.
Saturday, August 16, 2025, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Engineering the ISS
This interactive show describes how 15 nations worked together to create the International Space Station (ISS), a unique scientific laboratory and home in space. A rap and animations explain how weight, mass, gravity and speed are related, and why astronauts are weightless on the ISS even though there IS gravity in space. Benefits to humanity of the ISS are also discussed.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBCXQ.
Saturday, August 16, 2025, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - One World One Sky
Follow Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, from the Chinese co-production of Sesame Street. Together, they take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, where they discover how different it is from Earth.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBBZP.
Saturday, August 23, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Backyard Wilderness
Backyard Wilderness will surprise and entertain viewers with the unexpected wonders of nature that are right under our noses - in our own backyards.
Spanning a seasonal year around a suburban home, the film displays a stunning array of unique wildlife images and behavior - all captured by cameras mounted inside dens and nests, and moving along the forest floor and pond bottom, to reveal its inhabitants in rare and breathtaking intimacy.
We follow Katie, a young girl, and her modern family living next to the woods who are blind to the real-life spectacle around them, absorbed by an array of electronic devices in their busy lives. Katie gradually discovers the intricate secrets that nature has hidden so close to her front door, and we experience the joy she finds in her interactions with this new world. The film reminds us that Wi-Fi is not the only connection that matters and that sometimes in ordinary places, you can uncover extraordinary things that can transform you forever - you just need to…
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBBZQ.
Saturday, August 23, 2025, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Engineering the ISS
This interactive show describes how 15 nations worked together to create the International Space Station (ISS), a unique scientific laboratory and home in space. A rap and animations explain how weight, mass, gravity and speed are related, and why astronauts are weightless on the ISS even though there IS gravity in space. Benefits to humanity of the ISS are also discussed.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBCXQ.
Saturday, August 23, 2025, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - One World One Sky
Follow Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, from the Chinese co-production of Sesame Street. Together, they take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, where they discover how different it is from Earth.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBBZP.
Saturday, August 30, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Backyard Wilderness
Backyard Wilderness will surprise and entertain viewers with the unexpected wonders of nature that are right under our noses - in our own backyards.
Spanning a seasonal year around a suburban home, the film displays a stunning array of unique wildlife images and behavior - all captured by cameras mounted inside dens and nests, and moving along the forest floor and pond bottom, to reveal its inhabitants in rare and breathtaking intimacy.
We follow Katie, a young girl, and her modern family living next to the woods who are blind to the real-life spectacle around them, absorbed by an array of electronic devices in their busy lives. Katie gradually discovers the intricate secrets that nature has hidden so close to her front door, and we experience the joy she finds in her interactions with this new world. The film reminds us that Wi-Fi is not the only connection that matters and that sometimes in ordinary places, you can uncover extraordinary things that can transform you forever - you just need to…
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBBZQ.
Saturday, August 30, 2025, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.
Planetarium - Engineering the ISS
This interactive show describes how 15 nations worked together to create the International Space Station (ISS), a unique scientific laboratory and home in space. A rap and animations explain how weight, mass, gravity and speed are related, and why astronauts are weightless on the ISS even though there IS gravity in space. Benefits to humanity of the ISS are also discussed.
Organization: RPSEC - AIK. Event Locator: 2025-AFBCXQ.
Saturday, August 30, 2025, 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center Planetarium.