Full-dome films for schools, libraries, and camps
Below is a small sample of the movies we can show in the dome instead of our live lessons.
Live lessons
20+ NGSS-aligned lessons, taught in the dome by our educators.
Full-dome films
Prerecorded 360° titles, licensed from the world’s leading science centers.
Available full-dome films
Younger Audiences
One World, One Sky
Big Bird, Elmo, and their friend Hu Hu Zhu discover the Sun, Moon, Big Dipper, and North Star—and learn that everyone shares the same sky.
Mice and the Moon
Two little mice, Pip and Chip, set out to find whether anybody has been nibbling the big Moon cheese shining in the sky.
Molecularium: Riding Snowflakes
A musical adventure with animated atoms introduces molecules and states of matter through accurate scientific simulations.
The Solar System
Destination Solar System
In the year 2096, students board Space Express Tours for a fast-paced trip to the hottest, coldest, and stormiest places in our Solar System.
Incoming!
Discover how asteroids, comets, and cosmic impacts have shaped Earth—and how scientists track potential threats before they reach us.
Planet Nine
Follow the team that turned the strange orbits of distant Kuiper Belt objects into a case for an undiscovered ninth planet far beyond Neptune.
The Moon & Mars
Imagine the Moon
Trace how one familiar object overhead has shaped art, calendars, navigation, and exploration for as long as people have looked up.
Apollo and Beyond
Walk with the astronauts who reached the Moon, then look ahead to a working lunar colony and the low-gravity worlds beyond it.
Destination Mars: The New Frontier
Fly through the International Space Station and explore the rockets, vehicles, and technologies that could carry humans beyond the Moon to Mars.
Stars & Galaxies
Hubble Vision 2
Tour the universe through Hubble’s own pictures, from planets in our neighborhood out to the faintest and oldest galaxies the telescope can reach.
Spark: The Universe in Us
Travel inside a dying star, watch stellar corpses collide, and find out how the atoms in your body were forged in the deaths of other suns.
Light Years from Andromeda
Follow a beam of light that left the Andromeda Galaxy two million years ago, and see how far back in time a telescope is really looking.
The Search for Life
Undiscovered Worlds
Meet the scientists finding planets around other stars, and see what the nearest of those alien worlds might actually look like.
Living Worlds
Ask what forms life might take elsewhere, and see how understanding our own planet is the key to spotting living worlds light-years away.
Oceans in Space
Start at the hydrothermal vents on Earth’s ocean floor, where life thrives without sunlight, then follow that clue to the ice-covered oceans of other worlds.
Our Place in the Universe
Amazing Astronomers of Antiquity
Meet seven ancient astronomers whose work still runs our calendars—sunrises and sunsets, months and years, moon phases, seasons, and eclipses.
Fragile Planet
Leave Earth behind and travel 120 million light-years out into the universe, then come home to the one world we know of where life took hold.
Life: A Cosmic Story
Ride 14 billion years from the inside of a plant cell out to a universe of galaxies, following the thread that connects the Big Bang to the life around us.
Weather & Natural Forces
Force Five
Stand inside a hurricane, a tornado, and a flood, and see how scientists forecast the storms that reshape the places we live.
Earthquake: Evidence of a Restless Planet
Visit historic earthquake sites and discover how scientists study our active planet and help communities prepare for seismic events.
Arcs to Auroras
Follow the solar wind to Earth’s magnetic field and find out what makes the northern lights appear—and what they tell us about our planet’s shield.
Earth’s Habitats
Ice Worlds
Travel from the Arctic and Antarctic to the frozen moons of the outer Solar System, and see why ice decides where life can take hold.
Habitat Earth
Dive below the ocean surface and burrow beneath the forest floor to see the living networks that connect every ecosystem on Earth.
Expedition Reef
Explore coral reefs teeming with life and meet the scientists working to protect these essential—and endangered—ecosystems.
Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Life
Dinosaur Prophecy
Visit dinosaur graveyards and investigate four prehistoric “cold cases” to discover why species disappeared long before the final mass extinction.
Death of the Dinosaurs
See how the dinosaurs lived and thrived for millions of years, then investigate the impact and the long aftermath that ended their reign.
Lucy’s Cradle
Meet Lucy and the other early human ancestors uncovered in East Africa’s Rift Valley, and see how a handful of fossils rewrote where we came from.
Looking for a different topic?
These 27 titles are only a sample. Tell us your subject and grade levels, and we’ll recommend a short list from our catalog of more than 100 full-dome films.
Get a film recommendationPlanning your program
One optional film included
If you want to include a film, your first license is included at no additional cost.
Additional films
Additional film licenses are available at cost, typically $30–$50 each.
Live lessons
Live lessons with our educators do not require licenses, and you can select different live lessons throughout the day.
A note about timing: Most presentations fit a 30-minute block. Some films run longer, and the listed grade ranges are recommendations—we’ll help you plan the best fit.
Bring the universe to your students
Tell us your preferred date and we’ll be in touch with availability and pricing—usually within one business day. We look forward to bringing the universe to you.
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