Science Dome

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Science Dome

• www.sciencedome.co.uk

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Not just a Planetarium

• Star show
• Planets back into the Planetarium
• Geology
• Physical Geography
• Sensory Dimension
• Theatrical Uses
• Local Coastline

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Equipment Available

• 6 metre dome for indoor use
• 2 metre hemisphere screen (indoor or out)
• 180 degree lens to provide widescreen view.
• 3D immersive effect with screen
• Fully computerised projector
• S-video pins provide link to DVD players,
  Playstation and Wii

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Equipment Available

• 6 metre dome for indoor use and 2m screen

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Aims of the Science Dome

• To provide a different learning experience
• Linked to classroom teaching and Key Stages
• Interaction with children is important with
  outside the dome activities.
• Covering a wide range of science subject
• Providing a black out classroom and a different
  domain.

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RE/RS Programmes

• Giant surround Video DVD screen (Veggie Tales or
  something similar)
• Software projection of the creation story using
  video clips of stars, water and land scenery.
• An arena for talks with sound and light effects.
  
• Running of games (there are some Christian games
  available)
• Using outside the dome equipment such as 4
  types of parachutes illustrating planets, time
  and Gods creation.
• Light and Dark creation experience in the
  blackout dome.

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Schools help in construction

• Aim is to construct at least three to four
  programmes
• The shows will consist of using the dome, screen
  and outside interaction
• Programmes could be partial constructed by the
  school in advance to reflect current classroom
  subjects.

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Programmes (Key Stages)

• Stars and Planets (Physical Processes)
• Earth and Dinosaur Show (Materials)
• Rocks and Fossils (Materials and Ecosystems)
• Light and Dark (Physical processes and RE/S)
• Under the Sea (Circles of Life)
• Environment, Road Safety (Humans)

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Key Stage Detail

• Key Stage 1 difference between dark and light,
  shape and comparative sizes of Sun, Earth, Moon
  and planets, shadows, cause of day and night,
  what a year is, legends behind the
  constellations, the Milky Way, QA
• Key Stage 2 as above, plus stars as light
  sources compared with planets/moons reflecting
  light, air resistance and lack of it on the Moon,
  eclipses and the phases of the Moon, the Sun's
  path through the sky and the effect on shadows,
  (for Year 5/6 weight as a force, comparison of
  gravity on Earth and Moon), QA
• Key Stage 3 as above plus changes in the path of
  the Sun across the sky, weight compared to mass,
  "weightlessness", artificial satellites and their
  orbits, comets, space probes, QA

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Additional information on Website

• www.sciencedome.co.uk
• www.earthandspaceplanetarium.co.uk

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