Science Dome

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Science Dome

• www.sciencedome.co.uk

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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 subjects
• Providing a black out classroom and a different
  domain.

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Equipment Available

• 6 metre dome for indoor use and 2m screen
• 180 degree lens to provide widescreen view. Fully
  computerized systems.
• 3D immersive effect with screen

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Current Programmes

• Solar System Tour and Beyond
• Space Exploration
• Dinosaur Show
• Rocks, Soils and Fossils
• Earth and Beyond KS1/2
• Light/Dark and Space
• Light and Sound
• The shows consist of using the dome, parachutes
  and outside interaction
• Programmes could be partial constructed by the
  school in advance to reflect current classroom
  subjects.

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Programmes link to Key Stages

• Solar System Tour and Beyond KS2/3
• Space Exploration KS1/KS2
• Dinosaur Show KS1/KS2
• Rocks, Soils and Fossils KS2/3
• Earth and Beyond KS1/2
• Light/Dark and Space KS1/2/3
• Light and Sound KS1/2/3

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Programmes link to Key Stages

• Solar System (Space and Physical Processes)
• Space Exploration (Space and History)
• Dinosaur Show (Materials and Ecosystems)
• Rocks (Materials and
  Ecosystems)
• Earth Beyond (Forces and Processes)
• Light Space (Space, Forces and Processes)
• Light Sound (Physical Processes)

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Example Detail

• Solar System Tour Programme
• Outside the dome presentation including
  inflatable planets and creating a model Solar
  System
• Enter the Science Dome
• 3D pictures of the universe
• 180 degree surround film of the solar system
• 3D pictures of Mars landscape
• Star projector providing a view of the nights
  sky.
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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.sciencediscoverydome.co.uk

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