The Moon and Larry Cat
When:
Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Where:
Como Planetarium
Location
Who: This program is geared towards the skills and interests of the typical 1st to 2nd grade student. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Both younger and older children are welcome to attend.
How much:
Cost for Adults: $5.00
Cost for Children age 2 and up: $5.00
Cost for Seats for children under 2: $0.00
Cost for Lapseats for children under 2: $0.00
Please register by: Monday, November 1, 2010 - 5:00pm
Description
The moon attracts the attention and inspires of the curiosity of everyone who gazes upon her. This program aims to help children notice how the moon changes its shape and place in the sky and includes a story about the adventures of a cat named Larry who follows his favorite person to her dream job on a future moonbase and learns about some of the properties of the moon, gravity and space travel along the way.
Como Planetarium offers an online Basic Astronomy Curriculum (BAC) that you may wish to review prior to this program.
- 1st Grade: What's In the Sky
- 2nd Grade: Directions: Connecting the Sky to the Earth
- 5th Grade: The Moon
You may also wish to peruse the astronomy links section and the literature suggestions.
Como Planetarium is a program of Saint Paul Public Schools and is located inside Como Elementary. It is not associated with or located on the grounds of Como Park Zoo and Conservatory. The 60-seat planetarium has been in operation since 1975 and has served more than 600,000 students over the years. The planetarium has a 30-foot dome and is equipped with a Automated Spitz Model 512 star projector and a full dome immersive video system. The star projector accurately displays 3,500 stars, sun, moon and five visible planets. The immersive video system utilizes a data scaling software called Uniview. With access to data from major observatories, NASA satellites and space craft, Univeiw makes it possible to travel across the universe. The immersive video system is also capable of presenting full dome video productions.
Note: This is the same program previously offered under the title Larry Cat in Space on April 15, 2009.
Payment information
Payment must be received by: Wed, Nov 3, 2010 - 5:00pm
IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU REGISTER, YOU WILL BE SENT AN EMAIL CONFIRMATION AND PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS from "admin at homeschoolrecess dot com". Make sure your email filters recognize this address as a legitimate sender. If you don't receive this email within an hour or two of registering, please check your spam, junk or bulk mail folder. Contact the organizer if you are unable to find it; if you receive no response to your email, please call the organizer. Please FORWARD YOUR PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS to the organizer to confirm your registration. You are not officially registered until you forward the message. If the organizer doesn't hear from you within 48 hours, your family may be removed from the registration list. This protects the organizer from non-payment due to payment instructions blocked by overly aggressive spam protection. PLEASE MAKE YOUR PAYMENT PROMPTLY. When the organizer receives your payment, you will be emailed a payment confirmation. If the payment deadline is approaching, and you've mailed your check but haven't received a payment confirmation, contact the organizer. If the organizer doesn't receive payment by the payment deadline, your family may be removed from the registration list.
Cancellation information
Cancellation deadline: Wed, Nov 3, 2010 - 5:00pm
No refunds will be issued after the cancellation deadline. If you must cancel for any reason after the cancellation deadline, you will be responsible for finding someone to take your family's reserved places and for letting the organizer know about the substitution. Reimbursements will be handled privately between you and your substitute. If you find that you are unable to attend on the day of the event, please let the organizer know as soon as possible by email or phone. Please also attempt to find a last-minute substitute for your family. It is not acceptable to just not show up. Please do not register for this event unless you're able to make a personal commitment to attend barring illness or other unexpected emergency. If your circumstances change and you find that are unable to attend, please let the organizer know as soon as possible via email.
Additional information
Please arrive by:
Please plan to arrive no later than 9:45am in order to have plenty of time to find parking, check in with the organizer, visit the bathrooms and otherwise prepare for our program to start promptly at 10am. Please plan to be early to avoid being late due to inadequate maps, confusing road signs, road construction, heavy traffic, parking difficulties, inclement weather or uncooperative children. If you find that despite your best efforts, you are running unavoidably late, please let the organizer know! You may reach the organizer by phone or email on the day of the event. LATE ARRIVALS: If you are unavoidably late, please enter the planetarium quietly and close the door behind you as quickly as possible as the light from the lobby disrupts the visibility of the presentation.
Where to meet:
Please meet the organizer in the planetarium lobby unless directed elsewhere by the staff. The organizer will be wearing a bright yellow hat and a Homeschool Adventures button. Please retrieve your receipt from the organizer when you arrive as this is how she will check-in participants.
Alternate plans:
This Homeschool Adventure will not be cancelled due to weather. Please plan accordingly.
Parking information:
Free parking on site. There is limited parking available in the west parking lot immediately outside the Planetarium doors. Ample parking is available in the east parking lot on the other side of the school. The school requests that Planetarium visitors not take the (admittedly warmer and dryer) shortcut through the school building, but instead use the sidewalks outside to walk the 1/2 block from the east parking lot to the Planetarium doors
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