Earth, Moon, & Sun is a fun andexciting full dome exploration of a huge range of heavenly phenomena. Lunarphases, eclipses, day and night, the sun and seasons are all explained with thehelp of a very confused and troublesome coyote, straight from Native Americanfolklore. Through correcting Coyote’s many misunderstandings, we can begin tounfold what’s really going on in the sky.
Recommended ages: 6-12
The sky has been an object offascination for as long as humans have walked the earth. The movements of thespheres are ingrained in every culture on earth and have created mythologies,superstitions, and legends many people still recognize. Today we turn ourscientific tools toward the heavens to get a new perspective of the universeand our place in it. Take a journey through time, from the most ancientastrologers, to the future of manned exploration of the solar system and seehow our view of the cosmos has grown and evolved.
Recommended ages: 10 and up
An immersive, historical documentary that showcases the achievements of the Apollo program and what it took to put the first human on the Moon. Introduce a new generation to the immense challenges they overcame and inspire them to become the explorers, designers, engineers, thinkers and dreamers of the future.
Recommended ages: 8 and up
Travel with the brother-sister duo Jack and Annie in their Magic Treehouse as they learn about how scientists uncover the mysteries of the universe. With the help of a real astronomer, astronaut, and of course, a pile of books, Jack and Annie are taken on a wondrous journey of adventure and learning to the edges of the universe.
Based on the popular book series by Mary Pope Osborne.
Recommended ages: 5-12
Eight other worlds share our solar system, each one stranger andmore interesting than the last. Travel from the surface of the sun all the wayto the icy realm of comets. Volcanos the size of France, storms bigger than theEarth, and clouds that rain acid are just some of the incredible things todiscover on worlds both big and small as you make your journey through theSolar System.
NGSS:
3-PS2-3,4-ESS2-1, 5-PS1-3, 5-ESS2-1, MS-PS2-4, MS-ESS1-3, MS-LS1-5, HS-PS3-5, HS-ESS1-1
Recommended ages: 8 and up
For thousands of years, mankind thought that the Earth was thecenter of the Universe. Thanks to our curiosity, imagination and urge toexplore, we now know that planets like our Earth are nothing special in thecosmos. The Sun is just one ordinary star among hundreds of billions in ourgalaxy, the Milky Way. With the world's most powerful telescopes, we are ableto explore more and more of the Universe. What we have found so far hassurpassed even the wildest expectations of scientists as well as authors ofscience fiction. Most stars have planets — it turns out they are more commonthan we thought.
A huge diversity of different worlds is out there, just waiting to bediscovered.
NGSS:
MS-PS4-2, MS-PS2-4, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3, MS-ESS1-3, MS-LS1-5,HS-PS4-1, HS-PS4-3, HS-PS1-7, HS-ESS1-4, HS-ESS1-5, HS-LS4-3, HS-LS4-5
Recommended ages: 12 and up
Brought to you by OCC Friends of the Library
This film series features an international selection of films that
present a wide range of outdoor adventures and portraits, including
climbing, mountain expeditions, remote cultures and the world’s
last great wild places!
Visit the OCC Friends of the Library site for more details,
including a list of films and video preview -
http://www.orangecoastcollege.edu/academics/library/Pages/Friends-of-the-Library-Events.aspx
The night sky, both beautiful and mysterious, has been thesubject of campfire stories, ancient myths and awe for as long as there havebeen people. A desire to comprehend the Universe may well be humanity's oldestshared intellectual experience. Yet only recently have we truly begun to graspour place in the vast cosmos.
This stunning voyage through space and time conveys, through sparkling sightsand sounds, the Universe revealed to us by science. From Earth to the Universetakes the audience out to the colorful birthplaces and burial grounds of stars,and still further out beyond the Milky Way to the unimaginable immensity of amyriad galaxies. Along the way, the audience will learn about the history ofastronomy, the invention of the telescope, and today's giant telescopes thatallow us to probe ever deeper into the Universe.
NGSS:
3-PS2-2, 3-PS2-3, 3-LS4-3, 4-PS3-2, 4-PS3-3, 4-PS4-2, 4-ESS3-1,3-LS4-3, 5-PS2-1, 5-ESS1-1, 5-ESS1-2, 5-ESS2-1, MS-PS3-2, MS-PS2-3, MS-PS2-4,MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3, MS-LS2-1, HS-PS3-2, HS-PS1-8, HS-ESS1-1,HS-ESS1-2, HS-ESS1-3
Recommended ages: 10 and up
The mysteries of Dark Matter still elude scientists to this day,but through new groundbreaking technologies and scientific determination we areslowly uncovering the vast hidden parts of our universe. With the help of theLarge Hadron Collider at CERN, one of the most ambitious engineering projectsin human history, we are discovering new things about the universe everyday.
NGSS:
MS-PS3-2,MS-PS3-4, MS-PS3-5, MSPS2-1, MS-PS2-1, MS-PS2-2, MS-PS2-3, HS-PS2-6, HS-PS2-5,HS-PS3-4, HS-PS3-5, HS-PS4-3, HS-PS4-4, HS-PS4-5, HS-ESS2-1
Recommended ages: 12 and up
Through impressive immersive scenarios, Mexica Archaeoastronomy:Between Space and Time illustrates the important role played by astronomicalobservation for the evolution of pre-Hispanic cultures in central Mexico. TheMexicas used the calendrical and astronomical knowledge inherited by theirpredecessor cultures to found the capital of their empire: Tenochtitlan.Vibrant colors, shapes and sounds transport the viewer to one of the mostimportant cultures that, to this day, still lives in the heart and skin of theMexican people.
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-1
Recommended ages: 10 and up
