Fiske Planetarium offers a wide variety of programs appropriate for children of all different ages. Here is information regarding K-12 School Shows offered by the planetarium. These are aligned with the goals of the National Science Education Standards . For teachers wanting to incorporate this into a lesson plan, this exercise enables students to gain a hands-on understanding of the vast size of the solar system by working with a scale model. This will also introduce the concept of scaling, important in many areas of science and math.
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Locally, these units relate to planetarium programs available at Fiske. We welcome inquiries from other planetariums about obtaining our shows. See our 'Other Sites' page under the education section for the science education links we recommend.