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School Shows
Custom produced, live, interactive, multi-media, virtual reality shows
designed to meet F.C.A.T. Space Science requirements. Because our shows
are hosted live, by knowledgeable professionals, they are constantly
kept up-to-date with the very latest information and new discoveries.
(SCC Planetarium Productions)
Seminole Space Science Series
The New Seminole Space Science Series of shows has been
produced by the SCC Planetarium to teach all of the F.C.A.T. Space
Science requirements for each grade level. Currently, the Seminole
Space Science Series includes Kindergarten through Fifth Grade. All
episodes feature live interaction between the host and your students
throughout the show to make your students part of the learning process.
Note: Other than To the Stars and Beyond, listed below for
Sixth Grade, Middle School and High School level shows will be added in
the future. However, many of our other current shows may be appropriate
not only for science classes, but for many other subjects as well...
Myths in the Night! for English and Humanities; Lords of the Night:
Mayan Astronomy of Ancient Mexico for World History and Spanish; A Star
to Steer by: Astronomical Concepts of Celestial Navigation for Math and
R.O.T.C.; Space Art for Art classes; as well as Tonight's Sky episodes,
and The 13th Sign: Facts vs. Myths of Astrology and our new show,
Where's the Science??? (both of which teach the Scientific Method and
Critical Thinking skills) for Science Classes.
Seminole Space Science for Kindergarten
Seminole Space Science for Kindergarten begins with our virtual sky set
at Sunrise. As the Sun moves across the daytime sky, your students
learn how the position of the Sun changes throughout the day, and will
discuss the effects of sunlight and shade on objects. As the Sun sets,
your students will see the different appearance of the nighttime sky
from the daytime sky. Your students will learn how the color of a star
tells them something about its age, size and temperature. Finally, your
students will learn to identify 3-4 constellations in the current
night' sky, using simple shapes and letters made by the stars to help
them. (SCC Planetarium Production)
Seminole Space Science for First Grade
In Seminole Space Science for First Grade your students expand their
knowledge of the different objects that are visible in the daytime and
nighttime skies. They will learn how the rotation of the Earth causes
day and night, and how the heat from the Sun has varying effects
depending upon the surface that it strikes. Your students will then
learn how gravity affects the motion of objects, such as the Moon, and
combine this knowledge to learn how the Sun's light reflecting off of
the Moon's surface changes over a 29-day cycle to produce the phases of
the Moon that we see from Earth. (SCC Planetarium Production)
Seminole Space Science for Second Grade
Your Second Grade students will learn the difference between the
Earth's and the Moon's rotation about their axis, and their revolution
around each other and the Sun. Then they will learn the length of the
Earth's rotation and how to relate their position on the Earth to the
Sun and the time of day. Your students will learn that the stars and
planets are always in the sky, but the brightness of the Sun's light
striking the Earth's atmosphere hides them during the day, and the
primary Lunar Phases including the ones visible during the daytime.
Finally, they will learn to identify the constellations of the Big and
Little Bears, and the North Star, and hear European and Native American
mythology associated with them. (SCC Planetarium Production)
Seminole Space Science for Third Grade
Your students will learn the relative positions of the planets in the
Solar System and the characteristics of the Inner Planets, Mercury,
Venus, Earth and Mars. They will then learn that the Sun's light and
heat provide energy to the Earth, but that the amount of energy
received changes throughout the year as the length of day and night
varies due to the tilt of the Earth's axis. Finally, they will learn
that our Sun is a star, like other stars, but much, much closer. (SCC
Planetarium Production)
Seminole Space Science for Fourth Grade
In Seminole Space Science for Fourth Grade your students will learn
that the Sun's light and heat provide energy for most life forms on
Earth, and that humans can capture its energy as well, but that the
amount of energy available varies the seasons as the length of day and
night change due to the tilt of the Earth's axis. Your students will
then learn what causes the Lunar Phases and how gravity keeps the Moon
and the planets in their orbits. Finally, your students will learn the
characteristics of the Outer Planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
and Pluto, and that our Sun is a medium-sized star located near the
edge of one of billions of galaxies, each containing billions or even
trillions of stars. (SCC Planetarium Production)
Seminole Space Science for Fifth Grade
Your Fifth Grade students will review many of the concepts presented in
the previous grade levels of the Seminole Space Science series, such as
the position of the Earth, Moon and Sun during each phase of the Moon;
the effect of the Earth's axis tilt on seasonal solar energy
availability; and the order, distances, sizes and brief characteristics
of the planets. New concepts will also be introduced: Emphasis on polar
climates related to the Earth's axis tilt; the elliptical shape of the
Earth's orbit; and how motion in space is different than motion on the
Earth's surface due to changes in gravitational force and friction.
(SCC Planetarium Production)
To the Stars and Beyond
This show was produced for the sixth grade curriculum of Seminole
County Public Schools, but has not been updated yet to specifically
match the F.C.A.T. requirements for Sixth Grade. Topics include stellar
life cycles from birth, through their life spans, to their various
types of deaths as white dwarfs, neutron stars, or black holes, to the
recycling of their stellar substances into new stars. Your students
will then learn the structure and classifications of galaxies. (SCC
Planetarium Production)
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