To take a field trip from good to GREAT, use our lessons! Our lessons are easy, engaging, and written by our NGSS experts. Without the pre/post lessons, the experience is dramatically diluted. Schreder Planetarium’s pre-lessons and post-lessons make the trip into an engaging story - a mini-unit aligned to NGSS. Typically there are two lessons done prior to the trip, the field trip is the third lesson, and there are two lessons provided post-trip. You will be emailed a link to the lessons. [Summer programs are not expected to use these lessons]

If you do the pre-lessons, you get a free gift for teaching science to your class.

The field trip minimum is 25 people (students + chaperones) and the maximum is 65 people. If you have less than 25 people you will need to register and pay for 25.

Field trips are at 9:00 and 11:00 for the 2022-23 school year. 

Our programs include:

• Pre-lessons and post-lessons that make the trip into a mini-unit aligned to the NGSS.
• An introduction with demonstrations and/or models that enhance the topic.
• A customized "night sky and more" presentation, also focused on the topic.
• The fulldome show itself. 
• The gift shop and interactive exhibits

We do not see our field trips as "shows".  We see this as a 5-lesson program with one of the lessons being the field trip of about 60-75 minutes that includes a fulldome film.  Our goal is to create a complete experience that supports your classroom teaching in science, math, and ELA.  Teachers who use the pre-lessons will receive a free science-related gift they can use in their classroom such as a plasma ball, cartesian jellyfish divers, polymer snow, balancing bird puzzle, and more.

Grade Level Specific Programs
If you have a multigrade class, please choose a grade level. For K-2, we recommend the 1st grade program. For 3-8, we recommend the 5th grade program.

Kindergarten and T-K - Weather Changes and Patterns (NEW fulldome film: Zula Patrol: Under the Weather)
First Grade - Investigating Patterns in the Sky (NEW fulldome film: Earth, Moon, and Sun)
Second Grade - NEW! Engineering for our World and Beyond (fulldome film: Take Flight)
Third Grade - Adaptations with Engineering Design (fulldome film: Cosmic Safari)
Fourth Grade - Light and Waves with Developing a Model (fulldome film: Two Small Pieces of Glass)
Fifth Grade - Stars and the Sun with Data and Analysis (fulldome film: Secrets of the Sun)
Middle School - Gravity with Developing a Model (fulldome film: Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity)
Middle School - Climate Change with Data and Analysis (fulldome film: Dynamic Earth)

Summer Programs for 2023
Registrations work the same way as educational field trips. We offer summer field trips starting June 20, 2023 on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 11:00 am and 1:30 pm.

Cost: $10 each starting in June 2023.

NO FOOD ALLOWED.

Note that these are suggested programs and are listed by grade level, but you may choose any program you like.

TK-2 Zula Patrol: Under the Weather
TK-2 Zula Patrol: Down to Earth (geology)
3-5 Take Flight (animated story of flight)
3-5 Dinosaurs at Dusk
3-5 From Earth to the Universe (stars and discoveries)
6-12 Dynamic Earth (climate)
6-12 Stars of the Pharaohs
6-12 Oasis in Space (water in our solar system and galaxy)
6-12 Faster than Light (stellar travel)

Registration 
To register, click on a program on the calendar below. You can choose a view at the top (month/week/day)

Click for more information about our fulldome shows and trailers (when available)

*Please note: Open spots will list the date, "Planetarium - May 2, 2023". If you see a spot that states a grade level and show name, that program has already been reserved.